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‘X’ means danger

Signs painted on buildings
alert responders to trouble
BY SARAH DESANTIS Fire Bureau, city council, merman said the signs are
THE NEWS-ITEM the city code office and the being placed on buildings
sarah_d@newsitem.com Northumberland County where the roof or floor is
Career and Technology collapsing to alert firefight-
SHAMOKIN — The Center, is designed to save ers to stay out.
big red signs with X’s pop- firefighters’ from serious The program is part of
ping up on buildings injury or death when they the International Fire Code
around the city mean no arrive at a building and has been implemented
entry, even in an emergency. engulfed in flames. successfully in other places.
The program, imple- Fire Chief Jason Zim-
mented by the Shamokin Danger, Page 6
SARAH DESANTIS/STAFF PHOTO

City of Shamokin Director of Public Safety John Brown, foreground, and Code Enforcement Officer Rick Bozza hang a red placard with an “X” at 101-
103 N. Second St., Shamokin, Thursday afternoon. The sign tells firefighters not to enter the building because the roof has partially collapsed. Bozza
said 13 signs were placed around the city Thursday, and he expects to hang about 50 overall.

Expert:
GMOs
help
farms
Controversial
topic detailed
to chamber
BY SARAH DESANTIS
THE NEWS-ITEM
sarah_d@newsitem.com
SUNBURY — As part of
an ongoing commitment to
supporting local farms, the
Greater Susquehanna Val-
ley Chamber of Commerce
hosted a talk by Troy L.
Ott, professor of reproduc-
tive physiology at Penn
State, on genetically modi-
fied organisms (GMOs)
during a luncheon at Spy-
Poverty
target
of new
group
Arizona founder
explains effort
BY STEPHANIE BETTICK
THE NEWS-ITEM
stephanie_b@newsitem.com
COAL TOWNSHIP —
Northumberland County is
one of 23 Pennsylvania
counties participating in
the implementation of a
faith-government partner-
ship through Open Table, a
move-
CHRIS J. GREGO/STAFF PHOTOS
ment
The bright orange leaves of sassafras trees are present throughout the Roaring Creek Tract of
created “We’re
the Weiser State Forest. The annual fall foliage drive-through at the forest will be held from 9
a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday. Visitors should enter through the Route 42 gate.
to trans- all true
form
the lives believers

glass Ridge Winery Thurs-
day.
Ott sought to provide a
level of understanding
about GMOs, which have
allowed farmers to cut the
number of dairy cows from
27 million in 1945 to 9.2 mil-
lion today and still produce
500 percent more milk, Ott
said. Corn production is up
700 percent from 1918, yet 20
percent fewer acres are
used to farm it.
“We’re getting more from
our land,” he said.
Chamber President and
CEO Bob Garrett said keep-
ing local farms profitable so
they stay in business is a
key mission of the cham-
ber, which has an agricul-
tural committee.
Ott said in addition to
making farms more profit-
able with less livestock and
land, GMOs have benefited
Americans by allowing
them to decrease their
spending on food. While the
percentage of household
GMOs, Page 6
ROARING now.”
of those
living in The Rev.
poverty. Karyn Fisher
The About Open Table
founder
WITH of Open
Table, Jon Katov, traveled
from Arizona to St. John’s
United Methodist Church ,
COLOR Arch Street, to give a presen-
tation Thursday morning to
a group of 10 people
involved in government
agencies and faith commu-
nities. Katov told the inspi-
rational story of a homeless
man who began attending
church and was able to
change his life through sup-
port of the congregation.
Prior to meeting that
man, the most the congrega-
tion had done was collect
and distribute food and oth-
er items, pat themselves on
the back and then go home,
Katov said. It took the inclu-
Two bikers take a late afternoon ride through sion of the man into the con-
Fall foliage dots the landscape along the Route the Roaring Creek Tract of the Weiser State gregation for people to real-
42 bridge over Kline’s Reservoir at the Roaring Forest amid rays of golden sunset and fall foli- ize relationships and a sup-
Creek Tract of the Weiser State Forest. age last Saturday. port system were the key
Poverty, Page 6

Ronald McDonald House praises seniors

BY STEPHANIE BETTICK
THE NEWS-ITEM
stephanie_b@newsitem.com
DANVILLE — Members
of the Wilburton Senior
INSIDE Action Cen- night for providing 20 years has come together to provide at the senior action center or
See photo. ter (SAC) of home-cooked meals and a sense of home during diffi- at the Ronald McDonald
Page 6 were honored “fabulous” peanut butter cult times for families staying House, guests know they are
by officials fudge. at the Ronald McDonald in for a treat on the days they
from the Ronald McDonald Without fail, every January, House. Whether the Wilbur- show up.
House in Danville Thursday July and October, the group ton folks cook in their homes, Seniors, Page 6

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A2 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2017 LOCAL THE NEWS-ITEM, SHAMOKIN, PA

B reakfast B riefing
ALMANAC
Today is Friday, Oct. 13, the 286th day of 2017. There
are 79 days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in History:
On Oct. 13, 1792, the cornerstone of the executive
mansion, later known as the White House, was laid by
President George Washington during a ceremony in the
District of Columbia.
On this date:
In A.D. 54, Roman Emperor Claudius I died, poisoned
apparently at the behest of his wife, Agrippina.
In 1307, King Philip IV of France ordered the arrests of
Knights Templar on charges of heresy.
In 1775, the United States Navy had its origins as the
Continental Congress ordered the construction of a na-
val fleet.
In 1843, the Jewish organization B’nai B’rith was
founded in New York City.
In 1932, President Herbert Hoover and Chief Justice
Charles Evans Hughes laid the cornerstone for the U.S.
Supreme Court building in Washington.
In 1944, during World War II, American troops entered
Aachen, Germany.
In 1957, CBS-TV broadcast “The Edsel Show,” a one-
hour live special starring Bing Crosby designed to pro-
mote the new, ill-fated Ford automobile. (It was the first
special to use new videotape technology to delay the
broadcast to the West Coast.)
In 1962, Edward Albee’s four-character drama “Who’s
Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” opened on Broadway.
In 1972, a Uruguayan chartered flight carrying 45 peo-
ple crashed in the Andes; survivors resorted to feeding
off the remains of some of the dead in order to stay alive
until they were rescued more than two months later.
In 1981, voters in Egypt participated in a referendum
to elect Vice President Hosni Mubarak the new presi-
dent, one week after the assassination of Anwar Sadat.
In 1999, the Senate rejected the Comprehensive Nu-
clear Test Ban Treaty, with 48 senators voting in favor
and 51 against, far short of the 67 needed for ratifica-
tion. In Boulder, Colorado, the JonBenet Ramsey grand
jury was dismissed after 13 months of work with pros-
ecutors saying there wasn’t enough evidence to charge
anyone in the 6-year-old beauty queen’s 1996 slaying.
Ten years ago: Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice,
after meeting with human-rights activists in Moscow, told
reporters the Russian government under Vladimir Putin
had amassed so much central authority that the pow- HARRY DEITZ/FOR THE NEWS-ITEM
er-grab could undermine its commitment to democracy.
Five years ago: Republicans Mitt Romney and Paul Fire prevention demo
Ryan rallied college students in all corners of all-import-
ant Ohio and hammered at President Barack Obama for Students at G.C. Hartman Elementary Center on the Southern Columbia Area School
going easy on China over unfair trade practices; Obama District campus were shown various phases of firefighting techniques during a demonstration
took precious time off the campaign trail to practice for by firefighters and emergency responders from Elysburg, Overlook, Catawissa and Valley
the next debate against his GOP rival. Chemical Fire companies on Wednesday. The program was presented in observance of
One year ago: Donald Trump heatedly rejected the National Fire Prevention Week. Here a group of students watches firefighters operate pumping
growing list of sexual assault allegations against him as equipment under the ladder of a Overlook Fire Co. truck.
“pure fiction,” hammering his female accusers as “hor-
rible, horrible liars.”
Today’s Birthdays: Gospel singer Shirley Caesar is 80.

Ralpho looks for $$ for drainage

Actress Melinda Dillon is 78. Singer-musician Paul Si-
mon is 76. Actress Pamela Tiffin is 75. Musician Robert
Lamm (Chicago) is 73. Country singer Lacy J. Dalton is
71. Actor Demond Wilson is 71. Singer-musician Sam-
my Hagar is 70. Singer Marie Osmond is 58. College
and Pro Football Hall of Famer Jerry Rice is 55. Actress
Kelly Preston is 55. Country singer John Wiggins is 55.
Actor Christopher Judge is 53. Actor Matt Walsh is 53.
work, intersection improvements
BY LARRY DEKLINSKI the excessive water rips up cost, including only paving has expressed concern that
Actor Reginald Ballard is 52. Actress Kate Walsh is 50.
Olympic silver medal figure skater Nancy Kerrigan is 48. THE NEWS-ITEM cold patches laid after near- the curbs or doing the proj- there have been several
Actor Sacha Baron Cohen is 46. Actress Kiele Sanchez larry_d@newsitem.com ly every storm, and that it ect in phases. near-misses when motorists
is 41. NBA All-Star Paul Pierce is 40. DJ Vice is 39. Sing- ELYSBURG — Ralpho has been an issue for more “The engineers dropped traveling south on Route
er Ashanti is 37. Christian rock singer Jon Micah Sumrall Township supervisors than 10 years. the ball on this,” Shadduck 487 use the right shoulder to
(Kutless) is 37. Olympic gold medal swimmer Ian Thorpe mulled over at their month- Implementation of a con- said. “When it was on pass vehicles waiting to
is 35. Actor Caleb McLaughlin (TV: “Stranger Things”) ly meeting Tuesday how to ceptual design, which calls paper, everyone thought the make a left onto eastbound
is 16. fund possible storm drain- for re-location of utilities, puzzle pieces would come Route 54. He recommended
Thought for Today: “Nobody holds a good opinion of age improvements to Hori- paving, curbing, piping and together — but it didn’t.” making the shoulder a
a man who has a low opinion of himself.” — Anthony zon Drive and the realign- improvement to an existing In other business, super- right-turn-only lane.
Trollope, English author (1815-1882). ment of the Routes 487/54 swale, would run $193,000. visors unanimously The board agreed Tues-
Associated Press
intersection. “If we do this, there may approved a motion to spend day to allow Smith to apply
The projects have been be no other paving,” Super- $1,350 to optimize the traffic for a Green Light-Go grant
NOTEWORTHY talked about in detail over visor Stephen Major said of lights at Routes 487/54. Last through PennDOT. If
the course of several other streets in the town- month, Jesse Smith, of approved, the township
Free shuttle to fall festival ship. “I don’t think we ever Drive Engineering, present- would be required to match
TREVORTON — In anticipation of a large crowd, organiz- months, but uncertainty
remains regarding if, and budgeted this much for pav- ed a printout of the current 20 percent, or $94,000. As
ers of the Trevorton Fall Festival have arranged for a free ing.” timing of the lights, which part of the grant applica-
shuttle bus to run to two auxiliary parking lots. when, money will become
available to move into the Supervisor Blaine Mada- can be set according to time tion, supervisors will also
Overflow parking will be available around the Line Moun- ra and Shadduck placed of year and day. The lights be sending letters to private
tain Elementary School, located on Shamokin Street be- construction phase.
The topic is likely to blame on a former town- had operated on two cycles, enterprises asking for a
tween Fifth and Sixth streets, and at the TAA baseball
be rehashed at a 2018 bud- ship review engineer that 110 and 140 seconds. funding commitment and/
fields at the west end of Trevorton along Route 225 (near
get meeting scheduled for 6 looked at plans prior to con- Smith, township engi- or support of the project.
Hannah’s Restaurant).
The bus will make a continuous loop to both locations p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 24. struction more than 20 neer Drew Barton and At the board’s direction,
and the festival, which will be held at the Trevorton Com- Horizon Drive, located years ago. township officials met this Drive Engineering present-
munity Park, also known as the Foundry. off Center Street, is a dead- “We pay engineers to do week with PennDOT offi- ed in December a 52-page
end street about 1,056-feet the brains of this operation cials to continue talks on traffic design report that
Additional audition time set long, and includes two cul- for us and we get crap like how to improve the heavily analyzed the operation of
SHAMOKIN — Additional audition time has been sched- de-sacs, with homes on this,” Madara said. “The used intersection. The esti- the intersection during
uled for the Northumberland Theatre League at 6:30 either side. Township offi- engineer who designed this mated cost to completely “normal” and “event” con-
p.m. Wednesday in the auditorium of the Northumber- (development) must have for- redo the intersection is ditions when Knoebels
cials said that some yards
land County Career and Arts Center, 2 E. Arch St. gotten that water runs down $470,000. Amusement Resort was
get overtaken by stone,
Teenagers 16 and older and adults are sought for a hill and decided not to put Barton said PennDOT opened. Acting on a request
holiday show, “Frosty Follies,” to be performed at 7 p.m. debris and runoff because
storm water boxes were not any storm water boxes in.” agreed there is a “signifi- from PennDOT, a revised
Dec. 21. Those auditioning should come with original Shadduck and supervi- cant” issue with the inter- study, which included traf-
sheet music prepared to perform their favorite holiday installed in the area.
Roadmaster Howard sors conversed on potential section. fic data for when Knoebels
song from memory. An accompanist with be provided. ways to reduce the overall Police Chief Stu Appel was closed, was completed.
Shadduck has stated that
BIBLE THOUGHT
“If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to
your children, how much more shall your Father which
is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?”
Shamokin Township supervisors
(Matthew 7:11 AKJV)
What a wonderful truth! Pray. (Provided by Highland Bap-
tist Church, West Monroe, Louisiana.)
respond to Lily Road criticisms
T H E N E W S -I T E M E P O L L R E S U LT S BY STEPHANIE BETTICK solutions. Addressing Schreffler’s ing to the roads.
THE NEWS-ITEM Chairman Gregory claims Rachau had never Clemens said he has
Thursday’s question: stephanie_b@newsitem.com Rachau publicly addressed returned his phone call or scheduled a meeting with
What do you use Weiser a letter to the editor pub- responded to his letter, PennDOT to discuss a ten-
State Forest for? SHAMOKIN TOWN- lished in The News-Item Rachau said he was not giv- tative project next year on
Walking the dog: 55 percent SHIP — Shamokin Town- written by Ron Schreffler en a return number to do Route 61 he hopes can be
(59 votes) ship officials are continuing claiming supervisors have so, and that Schreffler is done in conjunction with
Biking: 16 percent (17 to work on a solution to been ignoring the Lily Road welcome to attend the meet- the Lily Road project.
votes) water drainage issues on issue for 20 years. Rachau ings or read the minutes
Hiking: 13 percent (14 Lily Road and are in the rebutted the claims by first online.
votes) stating the current supervi- The work of Clemens and
drafting phase of plans,
Other: 12 percent (13 sors weren’t in office 20 the road crew were praised,
according to roadmaster
votes) years ago, and Schreffler with Rachau stating it is
Never been there: 5 percent Jon Clemens.
(5 votes) In a report to supervisors had not attended a meeting “the best road crew in
Total votes: 108 Wednesday evening, Clem- since they have taken office. years,” and Clemens had
ens said he has met with Rachau said he was con- saved the township thou-
Online now: What do you think of the Boy Scouts’ several agencies to address tacted by Clemens following sands of dollars by attend-
effort to recruit girls? Vote now at www.newsitem.com. the wash-out problems that a heavy August storm that
occur on the road in heavy washed out Lily Road and
CORRECTIONS storms. He contacted land- was told they needed to do
The News-Item strives for accuracy. To report a correc- owners about the issue and something about the prob-
tion or clarification, call 644-6397, extension 2, or write hopes to hold a meeting lem, noting the discussion
to nieditor@ptd.net. with them in the near occurred before supervi-
future to discuss potential sors heard from Schreffler.
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Trump lashes out at Puerto Rico At A G lAnce

as House passes aid package
President: Government can’t keep sending help ‘forever’
BY KEN THOMAS
AND ANDREW TAYLOR
ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON — President Don-
ald Trump lashed out at hurri-
cane-devastated Puerto Rico on
Thursday, insisting in tweets that the
federal government can’t keep send-
ing help “forever” and suggesting the
U.S. territory was to blame for its
financial struggles.
His broadsides triggered an outcry
from Democrats in Washington and
officials on the island, which has been
reeling since Hurricane Maria struck
three weeks ago, leaving death and
destruction in an unparalleled
humanitarian crisis.
San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulin
Cruz, with whom Trump has had a
running war of words, tweeted that
the president’s comments were
“unbecoming” to a commander in
chief and “seem more to come from a
‘Hater in Chief.’”
“Mr. President, you seem to want to
disregard the moral imperative that
your administration has been unable
to fulfill,” the mayor said in a state-
ment.
The debate played out as the House
passed, on a sweeping 353-69 vote, a
$36.5 billion disaster aid package that
includes assistance for Puerto Rico’s
financially-strapped government.
House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis.,
said the government needs to ensure
that Puerto Rico can “begin to stand
on its own two feet” and said the U.S.
has “got to do more to help Puerto
Rico rebuild its own economy.”
White House Press Secretary Sarah
Huckabee Sanders praised the House
action Thursday night and promised
the administration “will continue to
work with Congress to provide the
resources necessary to recover and
rebuild from the hurricanes” and the
wildfires in California.
Forty-five deaths in Puerto Rico
have been blamed on Maria, about 85
percent of Puerto Rico residents still
lack electricity and the government
says it hopes to have electricity
restored completely by March.
‘Forever!’
Both Trump and Vice President
Mike Pence visited the island last
week to reaffirm the U.S. commit-
ment to the island’s recovery. But
Trump’s tweets Thursday raised
questions about whether the U.S.
would remain there for the long
haul. He tweeted, “We cannot keep
FEMA, the Military & the First
Responders, who have been amazing
(under the most difficult circum-
stances) in P.R. forever!”
In a series of tweets, the president
added, “electric and all infrastruc-
ture was disaster before hurri-
canes.” He blamed Puerto Rico for
its looming financial crisis and “a
total lack of accountability.”
The tweets conflicted with
Trump’s past statements on Puerto
Destroyed communities are seen in the aftermath of Hurricane
Maria in Toa Alta, Puerto Rico, Sept. 28.
Rico. During an event last week hon-
oring the heritage of Hispanics, for
example, the president said, “We will
be there all the time to help Puerto
Rico recover, restore, rebuild.”
White House chief of staff John
Kelly, speaking to reporters, said the
military and other emergency
responders were trying very hard to
“work themselves out of a job.”
Reassuring the island, Kelly said the
U.S. will “stand with those American
citizens in Puerto Rico until the job
is done.”
At the Pentagon, Lt. Gen. Kenneth
F. McKenzie Jr. told reporters
“there’s still plenty of work to be
done” by the military troops in Puer-
to Rico. He said there was no current
plan to withdraw troops who are
supporting FEMA’s recovery efforts.
McKenzie, director of the military’s
Joint Staff, said it will be up to
FEMA and other civilian agencies to
decide when the military is no lon-
ger needed there.
Democrats said Trump’s tweets
were deplorable, given that the 3 mil-
lion-plus U.S. citizens on Puerto Rico
are confronting the kind of hard-
ships that would draw howls of out-
rage if they affected a state. One-
third of the island lacks clean run-
ning water and just 8 percent of its
roads are passable, according to gov-
ernment statistics.
“It is shameful that President
Trump is threatening to abandon
these Americans when they most
need the federal government’s help,”
said Maryland Rep. Steny Hoyer, the
second-ranking House Democrat.
Debt restructuring
After years of economic challeng-
es, Puerto Rico was already in the
process of restructuring much of its
$74 billion in debt before the hurri-
cane struck. The financial situation
is more complicated than Trump’s
tweets suggest.
Puerto Rico lost population and
jobs after Congress eliminated spe-
GERALD HERBERT/AP FILE PHOTO
cial tax breaks in 2006, making it
more difficult to repay its debts. Yet
lenders continued to extend credit to
Puerto Rico despite its economic
struggles, while pension costs
strained Puerto Rico’s government
and its infrastructure deteriorated.
The legislative aid package totals
$36.5 billion and sticks close to a
White House request. For now, it
ignores huge demands from the pow-
erful Florida and Texas delegations,
which together pressed for some $40
billion more.
A steady series of disasters could
put 2017 on track to rival Hurricane
Katrina and other 2005 storms as the
most costly set of disasters ever.
Katrina required about $110 billion in
emergency appropriations.
The bill combines $18.7 billion for
the Federal Emergency Management
Agency with $16 billion to permit the
financially troubled federal flood
insurance program pay an influx of
Harvey-related claims. An additional
$577 million would pay for western
firefighting efforts.
Up to $5 billion of the FEMA mon-
ey could be used to help local govern-
ments remain functional as they
endure unsustainable cash shortfalls
in the aftermath of Maria, which has
choked off revenues and strained
resources.
Ryan, the House speaker, planned
to visit Puerto Rico on Friday. He has
promised that the island will get what
it needs.
“It’s not easy when you’re used to
living in an American way of life,
and then somebody tells you that
you’re going to be without power for
six or eight months,” said Resident
Commissioner Jenniffer Gonza-
lez-Colon, who represents Puerto
Rico as a nonvoting member of Con-
gress. “It’s not easy when you are
continue to suffer — see the suffering
of the people without food, without
water, and actually living in a
humanitarian crisis.”
Dangerous sound? What
Americans heard in Cuba attacks
WASHINGTON (AP) — It sounds sort of like a mass of
crickets. A high-pitched whine, but from what? It seems to
undulate, even writhe. Listen closely: There are multiple,
distinct tones that sound to some like they’re colliding in a
nails-on-the-chalkboard effect.
The Associated Press has obtained a recording of what
some U.S. Embassy workers heard in Havana in a series
of unnerving incidents later deemed to be deliberate at-
tacks. The recording, released Thursday by the AP, is the
first disseminated publicly of the many taken in Cuba of
mysterious sounds that led investigators initially to sus-
pect a sonic weapon.
The recordings themselves are not believed to be danger-
ous to those who listen. Sound experts and physicians say
they know of no sound that can cause physical damage
when played for short durations at normal levels through
standard equipment like a cellphone or computer.
What device produced the original sound remains un-
known. Americans affected in Havana reported the sounds
hit them at extreme volumes.
Whether there’s a direct relationship between the sound
and the physical damage suffered by the victims is also
unclear. The U.S. says that in general the attacks caused
hearing, cognitive, visual, balance, sleep and other prob-
lems.
Grim search for victims as wildfires
grow to size of New York City
SONOMA, Calif. (AP) — Teams with cadaver dogs began
a grim search Thursday for more dead in parts of Califor-
nia wine country devastated by wildfires, resorting in some
cases to serial numbers stamped on medical implants to
identify remains that turned up in the charred ruins.
Many of the flames still burned out of control, and the
fires grew to more than 300 square miles, an area as large
as New York City.
Sonoma and Napa counties endured a fourth day of
choking smoke while many residents fled to shelters or
camped out on beaches to await word on their homes and
loved ones.
A forecast for gusty winds and dry air threatened to fan
the fires, which claimed their 29th victim and were fast
becoming the deadliest and most destructive in California
history.
Some of the state’s most historic tourist sites, includ-
ing Sonoma city and Calistoga in Napa Valley, were ghost
towns populated only by fire crews trying to stop the ad-
vancing infernos.
Hotel: Gunman shot at crowd
seconds after shooting guard
(AP) — Even as investigators struggle to unravel the
mystery of what motivated a gunman to open fire on a
Las Vegas concert crowd, confusion surrounds the se-
quence of events in the fatal few minutes of the worst
mass shooting in modern U.S. history.
On Thursday, the hotel where gunman Stephen Pad-
dock opened fire from his high-rise hotel suite disputed
the official timeline for the Las Vegas massacre and
rejected any suggestion hotel officials delayed summon-
ing police for several minutes after the gunman’s initial
burst of fire.
It was the latest head-turning change in the investi-
gation that has been frustrating for all involved. Since
the Oct. 1 massacre, the timeline of the shooting has
changed several times and police and hotel officials
can’t seem to agree on the basics of when the shooting
happened.
In the most recent chronology given by investigators
on Monday, police said Paddock sprayed 200 rounds
into the hallway on the 32nd floor Oct. 1, wounding an
unarmed security guard in the leg, six minutes before he
unleashed his barrage of bullets on the festival crowd.
That raised a series of questions about whether officers
were given information quickly enough to possibly have
a chance to take out the gunman before he could carry
out the bloodshed.
But on Thursday, MGM Resorts International, which
owns the Mandalay Bay, said it was no more than 40
seconds between the time the guard using his walkie
talkie to call for help and Paddock opening fire on the
crowd from two windows in his suite.

Ryan blasts states that send billions to federal government

BY MARCY GORDON
AND KEN THOMAS
ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON — The top
House Republican on Thurs-
day blasted high-tax states
that deliver billions to the fed-
eral government as he faced
a backlash from rank-and-file
GOP lawmakers over a
sweeping tax-cut proposal.
Speaker Paul Ryan went
on the offensive against high-
tax states like California,
New York and New Jersey,
even though disgruntled
GOP lawmakers from those
states need to be brought on
board to support the $6 tril-
lion tax overhaul. The Repub-
lican lawmakers from high-
tax states oppose the plan’s
proposal to repeal the popu-
lar federal deduction for state
and local taxes.
But Ryan contended the
rest of the country is “prop-
ping up profligate, big-gov-
ernment states” that levy
high taxes on their residents
and spend recklessly.
“States that got their act
together are paying for states
that didn’t,” the Wisconsin
lawmaker said at an appear-
ance at the conservative Heri-
tage Foundation.
In fact, California, New
York and New Jersey send
many billions more in taxes
to Washington than they get
back in federal spending,
new data show. Divided by
total state residents, New
York gets back 81 cents for
every $1 it pays in, New Jer-
sey receives 74 cents and Cali-
fornia 96
cents,
according
to an anal-
ysis
released
last month
by the
RYAN Rockefel-
ler Insti-
tute of Government.
New York contributed $48
billion more in taxes to the
federal government than it
received in government
spending — the biggest defi-
cit the analysis found. New
Jersey gave $31 billion more
in taxes than it got back and
California $17 billion more,
the data show. The figures
were for the budget year end-
ing Sept. 30, 2015.
The state-local deduction is
claimed by around 44 million
people and costs the govern-
ment an estimated $1.3 tril-
lion in lost revenue over 10
years.
Opposition to ending the
deduction has produced an
unusual alliance of the
Republican lawmakers from
high-tax, Democratic-leaning
states; state and local govern-
ment officials; public employ-
ee labor unions; and business
groups like Realtors. Wary of
the financial pinch their con-
stituents and members could
sustain from losing the
deduction, they are pressing
the Trump administration to
reconsider.
“This is really almost like a
life or death issue for districts
like mine,” said Republican
Rep. Peter King, who rep-
resents a district on New nating the deduction would rates will boost jobs while “New Yorkers send over
York’s Long Island. “This not only “devastate funding the tax cuts and simpler tax $50 billion more to the U.S.
cannot be called a rich dis- for public schools, infra- code will reduce their bur- government than they
trict. It serves a lot of mid- structure, law enforcement den. receive back. So New York-
dle-income people.” and other vital services” but Administration officials ers, and in particular Long
With Republicans splin- also boost taxes on the mid- contend the rest of the Islanders, are subsidizing
tered, the future of the tax dle class. “For what? Tax nation shouldn’t have to sub- the rest of the country; not
overhaul plan is threatened cuts for the wealthy.” sidize states like California the other way around as you
by GOP defections, even as The White House has and New York that use the suggested,” wrote Kevin
the success of the package is argued that the plan is state and local tax deduction Law, president and CEO of
a political imperative for focused on helping mid- in large numbers. the Long Island Association,
Republicans who have dle-class workers, contend- The states have come in in a letter to Treasury Secre-
pinned their hopes on notch- ing that lowering corporate with a strong retort. tary Steve Mnuchin.
ing a big legislative achieve-
ment to help them retain con-
trol of Congress in next
year’s elections.
Rep. Chris Collins, R-N.Y.,
a Trump ally, warned
Wednesday that the affected
states would need some
“accommodations” to go
along with eliminating the
deduction for state and local
taxes paid, possibly a cap on
how much could be deduct-
ed.
Some opponents contend
that repealing the deduc-
tions would subject people to
being taxed twice and would
amount to a federal revenue
grab on the backs of home-
owners who pay property
taxes. And governors like
New York Democrat Andrew
Cuomo, a potential 2020 pres-
idential candidate, have ral-
lied against the change.
“There will be a transfer
of wealth of over a trillion
dollars to the federal cof-
fers,” said Matt Chase, exec-
utive director of the Nation-
al Association of Counties.
Randi Weingarten, presi-
dent of the American Feder-
ation of Teachers, said elimi-
A4 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2017 OPINION THE NEWS-ITEM, SHAMOKIN, PA
C OMMENTARY

High-speed
internet
not a
luxury in
rural US
A lot of us are old enough to remember when
the internet was at once a novelty and a wonder.
In the years since, it has become another essen-
tial utility, like electricity and running water.
For countless Americans, high-speed internet
Trump’s assault on ‘fake news’
is an indispensable tool of their businesses and
livelihoods and a portal for a variety of enter-
tainment and educational options.
threatens press, his own future
Access to high-speed internet — defined by BY JORDAN E. TAYLOR licans grew increasingly dis- va-born Pennsylvania Con- ings about “opening up”
the federal government as download speeds of SPECIAL TO trustful of one another in gressman Albert Gallatin — libel laws so that he can sue
at least 25 megabits per second — is largely tak- THE WASHINGTON POST the heated partisan cauldron who was precisely the kind media outlets for inaccurate
Wednesday it was NBC of the 1790s, concern about of foreign rabble-rouser that reports or his new threat to
en for granted in most of urban America. The
population density of cities and metropolitan that bore the brunt of Presi- fake news exploded. Com- Federalists distrusted — challenge NBC’s broadcast-
dent Donald Trump’s most mentators frequently com- warned that if the proposal ing license.
areas made it feasible — that is, profitable — for plained that Americans became law, it would allow Even more alarmingly,
providers to create the networks that offer glob- recent harangue about fake
news. And this time, he were being “seduced” and the Federalists to intimidate since the election, Trump
al reach. “misled” by “delusions and and clamp down on purvey- has appropriated the term
didn’t just attack NBC’s
But that access remains elusive in many rural reporting, he also threatened misrepresentations.” Some ors of real news, leaving “fake news” as a weapon to
areas of the country, including in the Erie to revoke the network’s Americans feared that these Americans with only their be deployed against his ene-
region. That only widens the growing divide broadcast license, hinting at falsehoods were subverting side of the story. mies. The phrase was origi-
between metropolitan and rural America, and a more aggressive political the democratic process — Gallatin’s accusation nally intended to describe
hinders economic activity in areas where great- maneuver to come if needed and rumors ran rampant proved to be correct. After the manipulative and
that printers, pamphleteers Adams signed the Sedition demonstrably false news sto-
er connectivity could mean opportunity. to silence the opposition.
Despite Trump’s recent and provocateurs were col- Act into law, his government ries (such as the infamous
Because of lower population density and the
distances between homes and businesses, it proclamation that he invent- luding with agents from quickly prosecuted printers “Pizzagate” or the false
ed the moniker fake news, Britain or France. and others for critical state- claim that Pope Francis
often doesn’t pay for internet providers to In June 1798, as the United ments and reprinting news endorsed then-candidate
efforts to delegitimize oppo-
expand their high-speed networks into rural States was slipping into the with which they disagreed. Trump) that spread rapidly
nents in the press have actu-
areas. The return doesn’t justify the investment “Quasi-War” with France, through social media and
ally been deeply ingrained Gambit backfired
required. in American politics since arch-Republican printer arguably contributed to
But that leaves those areas at a disadvantage Benjamin Franklin Bache Ultimately, the Federalists’ Trump’s surprising victory.
the nation’s founding, and gambit backfired. The elec-
on a variety of fronts. Residents have difficulty politically dangerous. While published a letter from the torate revolted against their
But, like John Adams and
working from home, operating an online busi- the First Amendment pro- French Foreign Minister the Federalists, Trump’s use
attempts to limit press free-
ness or engaging in distance education. They tects freedom of the press, in Charles-Maurice de Talley- dom. Anger over the Sedition
of “fake news” serves politi-
1798, the specter of “fake rand that tried to smooth cal purposes. Instead of tar-
have fewer options for health care resources and Act contributed to Adams’
information. They can’t tap into entertainment news” fueled passage of the over some of the diplomatic failed reelection bid and the
geting conspiracy theories
Sedition Act, which limited challenges facing the two and hoaxes, Trump has
options, such as Netflix and other streaming national decline of the Feder-
services, because their internet access isn’t the scope of legal criticisms nations. In response, Feder- alist Party. Moreover, in
unleashed the phrase against
of the government. Like alist commentators pounced mainstream media coverage
robust enough to support them. on Bache for printing, as response to the Sedition Act, with which he disagrees in
John Adams before him, Americans articulated the
Some observers compare the situation to the Trump’s attacks threaten to they saw it, lies from a for- an attempt to blur the bound-
1930s-era effort to extend electric service to eign adversary. On the floor robust vision of press free- aries between respectable
stifle and undermine the dom that we often take for
rural areas nationwide. The federal government press, but if he acts on them, of the House of Representa- granted today. In a final, iron-
media outlets and purveyors
made loans to local cooperatives, many of which they also might just blow up tives, Federalist George ic twist, Federalist writers
of deception and to delegiti-
continue to provide service to this day. in his face. Thatcher denounced Bache mize portions of the Ameri-
as a foreign agent acting and printers quickly found can media that dare to criti-
Extending high-speed internet service to rural 18th century trouble themselves victims of their
under the “order of the cize him in any way.
areas without it — which is vital to those areas [French] Executive Directo- own legislation after Thomas Baldly attempting to
In the 18th century, fake
as well as the nation as a whole — merits an Jefferson won the presidency
news was out of control. The ry.” advance this goal, Trump’s
effort of similar scale. If there are issues with earliest U.S. newspapers Federalists, led by Presi- and began prosecuting his press secretary Sarah Huck-
potential for bipartisan agreement in today’s shared news with little dent John Adams, dominat- adversaries at an even higher abee Sanders recently
poisonous atmosphere, this is one of them. regard for accuracy. In 1731, ed government and had rate than the Adams admin- insisted that there was “no
President Donald Trump this summer said Benjamin Franklin, who grown tired of news istration had done. difference” between the
that expanded access to high-speed internet in was then the editor of the accounts that they believed The Federalists were fake news created by Rus-
Pennsylvania Gazette, were intended to delegiti- drawing on English com- sian propagandists and
rural America would be part of his infrastruc-
expressed a widely-held sen- mize their leadership. They mon law precedents, which American reporting that
ture plans. Democratic lawmakers in September provided for the prosecution
called for $40 billion in funding toward the same timent when he suggested used Talleyrand’s missive to Trump’s team has deemed
that printers should simply push the so-called Alien and of speech that could destabi- inaccurate.
purpose. lize the government. But in
print whatever came in over Sedition Acts, which limited Federalists pursued this
“In the 21st century it is just as important as a the freedom of the press and doing so, they failed to dis- same strategy in 1798. They
the transom in hopes that
telephone, water, sewer, roads,” U.S. Agriculture “when Truth and Error have the movement of foreign tinguish between their party took advantage of public
Secretary Sonny Perdue said in June. “It has fair Play, the former is nationals. and the government it con- anxiety concerning fake
become an infrastructure of necessity.” always an overmatch for the They based the sedition trolled. They justified their news to reimagine dissent as
— Erie Times-News latter.” law on the premise that the restriction on free speech by disorder and clamp down on
By the era of the Ameri- First Amendment never reframing challenges to their adversaries’ press free-
can Revolution, many print- intended to protect false their leadership as unpatri- doms.
ers took advantage of this news. After its passage, Vir- otic attacks on American Yet President John Adams
L ETTER P OLICY precedent to build powerful ginia lawyer Charles Lee order and unity. This was and his allies misread the
• Letters to the Editor must be signed. Requests to withhold political platforms. They fre- defended the law by claim- their fatal mistake. moment, resulting in dire
names will not be honored. quently printed rumors and ing that the Sedition Act did Today, President Trump is electoral consequences. It is
• Full addresses and phone numbers are required to deter- outright fabrications that not restrain “truth, but making a similar mistake. In unclear if President Trump
mine the authenticity of a letter. They will not be published. confirmed their previous- endeavours to suppress response to an adversarial and the Republican Party
• Letters are subject to editing and should not exceed 300 ly-held beliefs while insist- wicked falsehoods.” press and its investigative will follow the Federalists
words. ing that it was not their job reporting, he has branded down this path. Yet if the
Clamping down the mainstream media as
• Libelous statements and personal abuse will be deleted. to verify news before print- response to the 1798 Sedition
• Letters may be mailed or dropped off at the Shamokin or on real news not only his enemy but also Act is any guide, not only
ing it. In short, these outlets
Mount Carmel offices of The News-Item, faxed to 570-644- functioned much more like Congressional opponents the “enemy of the American would they threaten a free-
6397 ext. 2 or sent via e-mail to andy_h@newsitem.com. Per- modern social media feeds of the Sedition Act argued people.” These attacks on the dom essential to our democ-
sons faxing or e-mailing letters should call to confirm their than today’s newspapers or that published falsehoods media might be dismissed as racy, but their political oppo-
receipt. broadcast news programs. were a necessary byproduct inappropriate, but harmless nents just might get the last
As Federalists and Repub- of a free press. The Gene- bluster if not for his mus- laugh.

Back in 1924 ...

• A huge religious tent revival featuring a South
Bend, Indiana, evangelist was winding up on West
Arch Street. It was announced on the same day
that the Rev. Guthrie Pitblado of Shamokin’s Trini-
ty Lutheran Church was leaving town to take
charge of one of the most famous churches in the
United States, St. Mark’s in New York City. As rec-
tor of St. Mark’s, Pitblado would receive the
then-unheard of salary — at least unheard of in
Shamokin — of $4,000 a year.
• To show why that was so much money in 1924,
you could buy a man’s suit, custom tailored at
King’s on Independence Street, for $25, with two
pairs of pants.
• Even some of today’s older people might be sur-
prised to learn that dirigibles were around in 1924.
A German airship, the air cruiser ZR3, left Bremer-
haven on its way to the U.S. Its mission was to
retrace the route Columbus had taken to cross the
Atlantic in honor of Columbus Day.
• At Pottsville High School, the principal’s office
announced that from this day forward, girls would
be forbidden to bring vanity cases, combs and pow-
der puffs to school. They said the girls were wast-
ing too much school time in applying cosmetics,
and they should waste that time at home.
• In Harrisburg, the legislature was considering
a bill to make auto insurance mandatory in Penn-
sylvania for the first time.
• In Shamokin, a two-year-old Ford Touring Car
was on sale for $150, and it could be financed for a
year if you were short on that kind of cash.
THE NEWS-ITEM, SHAMOKIN, PA OBITUARIES / LOCAL / STATE FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2017 A5

There were no
obituaries reported
125 attend World Mission
for today’s News-Item Rosary at Holy Angels
KULPMONT — Holy
Funeral notices Angels Parish religious
education program held a
OSOSKIE — Edwin D. Ososkie Sr., 64, of 320 W. Cherry World Mission Rosary on
St., Mount Carmel. A funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. Monday. Students, parents,
Saturday at the C.J. Lucas Funeral Home Inc., 27 N. Vine St., parishioners and guests
Mount Carmel, with the Rev. Martin O. Moran III officiating. were invited to pray the
Burial will be held at the convenience of the family. Viewing World Mission Rosary in
will be held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at the funeral conjunction with the 100th
home. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made anniversary of the appear-
to Our Lady of Lourdes Regional School, 2001 Clinton Ave., ances of Our Lady of Fati-
Coal Township 17866. To send condolences to the family, go ma. The Virgin Mary
to www.cjlucasfuneralhome.com. appeared to three shepherd
children on the 13th day of
every month from May to
At A G lAnce October culminating with
the Miracle of the Sun at
her final appearance on
60 Persian cats being adopted Oct. 13, 1917.
after removal from home Approximately 125 peo-
WEST CHESTER (AP) — Authorities are looking for new ple participated in the
homes for 60 neglected cats removed last week from a event at Holy Angels. Some
home in West Chester. stood and formed the “liv-
The West Chester Daily Local News said Wednesday ing rosary” while others
SUBMITTED PHOTO
that most of the cats were of the long-haired Persian participated from the
breed and had significant matting problems. pews. Students, parents Students portrayed the three children of Fatima during Holy Angels Parish’s
The cats were found when police were called to the and guests held a huge 200- World Mission Rosary celebration on Monday. Portraying the children were,
home for a medical emergency. foot rosary that stretched from left, Michael Higgins, Emily Morris and Kymber Bozza.
Police said the owner has serious health problems around half the church.
and won’t be charged. Native Americans); white, participants waved white Rosary, Deacon Tom Con-
The “beads” of the rosary symbolizing Europe, the “cloths” in honor of Our
A spokeswoman for the Brandywine Valley SPCA says lin provided a brief reflec-
were colored to correspond home of the Holy Father; Lady of Fatima. To help
the cats were caged in and outside of the house, and tion on the rosary and
to the colors of the World blue, for the ocean sur- celebrate the event, a stat-
feces was seen throughout the home. Fatima. He concluded with
Mission Rosary — yellow, rounding the islands of the ue of Our Lady of Fatima a blessing. The congrega-
State must do better cybersecurity symbolizing the morning Pacific, Australia and had a place of honor in the tion closed with the song
job, watchdog says light of the east and the Oceana; and green, for the church sanctuary and “He’s Got the Whole World
“beginning of civilization” forests and grasslands of three children were
HARRISBURG (AP) — Pennsylvania’s auditor general in His Hands.”
for Asia and the Middle Africa. dressed as Fatima seers
says a survey of nearly 1,000 school districts and mu- All who attended were
East; red, calling to mind During the recitation of Lucia Santos and Francis-
nicipalities finds that most do not employ a cyber secu- given a World Mission
the fire of faith that the rosary, the “Ave Maria” co and Jacinta Marto. Fol-
rity professional or consult with one. Rosary from the Diocesan
Auditor General Eugene DePasquale said Thursday brought missionaries to refrain was sung between lowing the recitation of Office of Pontifical Mis-
that the state must do a better job helping its school the Americas (U.S., Cana- decades at which time the the Joyful Mysteries of the sions.
districts and municipalities protect their data. He says da, Latin America and
sensitive data includes Social Security numbers, health
records, student records and more, and that the threaty
of cyber theft isn’t going away.
He says more than two-thirds of the school districts
and municipalities that responded don’t employ or con-
US-Canadian family free in
sult a cyber security professional. The survey says most
also feel they need more resources to boost cybersecu-
rity, including additional funding, a resources center to
Pakistan after 5-year captivity
answer questions and a statewide agency to turn to in
emergencies. BY JILL COLVIN, ROB GILLIES
AND MUNIR AHMED
County appealing atheist victory ASSOCIATED PRESS
over cross on county seal
EASTON (AP) — An eastern Pennsylvania county is WASHINGTON — Five years after
appealing a federal judge’s ruling that the image of a they were seized by a terrorist net-
large Christian cross on the county’s flag and seal is work in the mountains of Afghani-
unconstitutional. stan, an American woman, her Cana-
The Lehigh County commissioners voted 6-3 Wednes- dian husband and their children —
day to appeal the ruling last month stemming from a all three born in captivity — are free
lawsuit filed by the Freedom From Religion Foundation after a dramatic rescue orchestrated
and four of its local members. They objected to the by the U.S. and Pakistani govern-
cross’s inclusion on the county flag and seal and sought ments, officials said Thursday.
an order for its removal. The U.S. said Pakistan accom-
The federal judge who ruled wrote he doesn’t believe plished the release of Caitlan Cole-
the cross violates the Constitution, but said he was man, of Stewartstown, Pennsylva-
bound by a 1971 decision to side with the Wiscon- nia, and her husband, Canadian
sin-based atheist group. TALIBAN MEDIA VIA AP
Joshua Boyle, who were abducted
The judge cited a county record showing the cross and held by the Haqqani network,
Caitlan Coleman talks in the video while her Canadian husband
was added in 1944 to signify that “Christianity” and
which has ties to the Taliban and is Joshua Boyle holds their two children in December.
“God-fearing people” are the “foundation and back-
considered a terrorist organization gence-based operation by Pakistan to North America. Another U.S. offi-
bone” of the county.
by the United States. The operation, troops” after they’d crossed the bor- cial said Boyle was nervous about
Man jailed in death after remains which came after years of U.S. pres- der from Afghanistan. being in “custody” given his family
found at construction site sure on Pakistan for assistance, Boyle and the High Commissioner ties.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Philadelphia man has been unfolded quickly and included what for Pakistan to Canada described a He was once married to Zaynab
jailed in the 2014 killing of his girlfriend whose remains some described as a shootout and a scene in which gunshots rang out as Khadr, the older sister of former
were found in June at a construction site. dangerous raid. U.S. officials did not Boyle, his wife and their children Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar
Jermele Hudson, 43, was arrested Wednesday on confirm the details. were intercepted by Pakistani forces Khadr and the daughter of a senior
murder and abuse of a corpse charges in the death of “Today they are free,” President while being transported in the trunk al-Qaida financier. Her father, the
40-year-old Pamela Lewis. Donald Trump said in a statement, of their captors’ car. Boyle told his late Ahmed Said Khadr, and the fam-
Her family reported her missing in August 2014, and crediting the U.S.-Pakistani partner- parents there was a shoot-out in ily stayed with Osama bin Laden
investigators determined she had been involved in a ship for securing the release. Trump which some of his captors were briefly when Omar Khadr was a boy.
physical fight with Hudson shortly before she was last later praised Pakistan for its willing- killed and that the last words he’d The Canadian-born Omar Khadr
seen. ness to “do more to provide security heard from the kidnappers were, was 15 when he was captured by U.S.
Contractors digging at a construction site in June in the region” and said the release “kill the hostage,” his father, Patrick troops following a firefight and was
found what they thought were animal bones, before they suggests other “countries are start- told reporters after speaking with his taken to the U.S. detention center at
also found a human jawbone wrapped in pink cloth, a ing to respect the United States of son. The younger Boyle also told his Guantanamo Bay. Officials had dis-
hip bone, rib bones and pelvic bone days later. America once again.” father he’d been hit by shrapnel in counted any link between that back-
Online court records show Hudson has applied for a The couple were kidnapped in the leg. Three intelligence officials ground and Boyle’s capture, with one
public defender, though one has yet to be assigned. October 2012, while on a backpacking said the confrontation happened official describing it in 2014 as a
No charges for officers who trip that took them to Russia, the near a road crossing in the Nawa Kili “horrible coincidence.”
countries of Kazakhstan, Tajikistan area of the district of Kohat in The U.S. Justice Department said
fatally shot armed man and Kyrgyzstan, and then to Afghan- northwest Pakistan. neither Boyle nor Coleman are want-
LEWISTOWN (AP) — Two unidentified Pennsylvania po- istan. Coleman was several months The high commissioner, Tariq ed for any federal crime.
lice officers who shot and killed an armed man will not pregnant at the time, “naive,” but
be charged criminally. Azim Khan, said, “We know there The couple told U.S. officials and
also “adventuresome” with a human- was a shootout and Pakistan com- their families they wanted to fly com-
Mifflin County District Attorney Chris Torquato says a
itarian bent, her father James told mandos carried out an attack and mercially to Canada.
state police investigation found the officers justified in
the April 26 shooting of 53-year-old Charles Bossinger The Associated Press in 2012. rescued the hostages.” Boyle’s father called the rescue a
in Lewistown. The Pakistani military said early A U.S. military official said that a “miracle.” Coleman’s parents, Jim
Torquato says the Lewistown officers encountered Thursday the family was “being military hostage team had flown to and Lyn Coleman, meanwhile, post-
Bossinger after a 911 call reported the sound of gunfire repatriated to the country of their Pakistan Wednesday, prepared to fly ed a statement on the door of their
and a man threatening to shoot himself with a rifle. The origin.” But as of Thursday evening, the family out. The team did a pre- Pennsylvania home expressing joy.
investigation found that Bossinger refused commands it was not known when they would liminary health assessment and had Lyn Coleman said “I am in a state of
to drop his gun and raised it at an officer who had fallen return to North America. They were a transport plane ready to go. But euphoria, stunned and overjoyed,” in
to the ground. Both officers then fired. together in a safe, undisclosed loca- sometime after daybreak there, as an interview with ABC News.
Torquato says the officers’ names will not be released tion in Pakistan, according to a U.S. the family members were walking to The developments came rapidly
publicly. national security official, who wasn’t the plane, Boyle said he did not want Wednesday afternoon —nearly five
authorized to discuss the case public- to board. years to the day after Coleman and
ly and spoke on condition of ano- Boyle’s father said his son did not Boyle lost touch with their families
nymity. want to board the plane because it while traveling in a mountainous
The Pakistani military said the was headed to Bagram Air Base and region near the Afghan capital of
family had been freed in “an intelli- the family wanted to return directly Kabul.

In Memory of Bernice E. Turlis

It has been two years to date
October 13 that Our Lord called you
Our family wishes to extend a sincere Thank You to all the Bernice to be with Him in Heaven.
staff of the Mt. Carmel Nursing Facility and Hospice of
How do we begin to thank you for
Central Pennsylvania for their kindness and support. We are a lifetime of being a devoted wife,
humbled by the compassion, care and professional expertise mother, grandmother, and great
shown to our Mother & Grandmother during the last two grandmother? You were always
there for us; guiding, advising, and
years of her life. We were so blessed to have Claire in your unconditionally loving us and we
loving care during her final moments. Collectively, you gave know you are now watching over us
us strength, reassurance and made a very difficult time more comfortable for from Heaven. We deeply miss you,
but you have left each of us with such
her and her family. We offer a special and loving Thank You to each of you wonderful memories that we carry
who cared for our Mom & Nanny. We especially thank you for helping her with us in our hearts.
live her final moments with dignity and peace. We will always love you.
The Shulski/Ford Family The Turlis & Bernes Families
A6 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2017 LOCAL / FROM THE FRONT THE NEWS-ITEM, SHAMOKIN, PA

Ponduce tasting event to benefit food bank

BY SARAH DESANTIS
THE NEWS-ITEM
sarah_d@newsitem.com
NUMIDIA — The organizers of
a fundraiser for the Central PA
Food Bank are asking people to
come eat, so others can, too.
The third annual Taste of the
Valley will be held from noon to 3
p.m. Sunday at Ponduce Farms,
270 White Church Road, about a
mile from Route 42 south of
Numidia.
Sharon Piccioni, a loan officer
at AgChoice Farm Credit, which
is sponsoring the event, said
Taste of the Valley gives resi-
dents the chance to sample food
and drinks from local farms, eat-
eries and other businesses while
giving back to those who need
help.
“It’s an opportunity to have a
great time while supporting a
worthwhile cause,” she said.
A $20 entry ticket — children
under 12 are free — allows
access to more than a dozen
local food vendors. Committed
vendors include Balascik’s
Meats, the Covered Bridge Bre-
whaus, Dries Orchards, Freas
Farm Winery and The Hotel
Edison.
In addition to booths with food
and drink samples, the event will
include a Chinese auction with
baskets of tasty treats.
Piccioni said that while she’s
looking forward to sampling new
wines, the event is considered
family friendly. She said Ponduce
Farms will also be hosting its fall
festival activities that day, which
includes pick your own pump-
kins, wagon rides and farm-
themed games.
Last year’s Taste of the Valley
event raised more than $3,000 for
the Central PA Food Bank, which
provides support to many local
food pantries in the area, includ-
ing the Mount Carmel Area Food
Pantry, the Shepherd’s Table,
God’s Chuckwagon and Manna
for the Many.
Tickets for the event can be
purchased in advance on www.
eventbrite.com or at the door.

Seniors
FROM PAGE 1 Friday, Oct. 20, when they
cook up meals for families
Joan Williams, program staying at the Ronald
supervisor/volunteer coor- McDonald House.
dinator of the Ronald Years of service awards
McDonald House, present- were also given to Camp
ed 2017 service awards and Dost volunteers. The
said the guests rave about camp was started in 1983 to
the meals provided by the “offer pediatric oncology
center. patients and their siblings a
Wilburton SAC manager summer experience that
Philip Koles was handed many dream of.”
the award and insisted Geisinger oncology nurse
members be in the picture Debbie Snyder, of
accepting it. He said a few Shamokin, received recog- STEPHANIE BETTICK/STAFF PHOTO
of them, including Ruthann nition for 35 years of ser- The Wilburton Senior Action Center (SAC) was honored for 20 years of volunteer service at the
Onusconage, a former SAC vice. Snyder serves as Ronald McDonald House in Danville on Thursday night. Joan Williams, director of the Ronald
manager who started the Camp Dost medical director McDonald House, left, presented a plaque to, from left, Philip Koles, Wilburton SAC site manager,
volunteer effort in 1997, had and administrative commit- Karine Budinski, Charlene Zanko, Carol Snyder, Vivian “Dolly” Hampton, Len Zarko, Ruthann
participated for the full 20 tee member, member of the Onusconage and Annabelle Fetterman.
years. Ronald McDonald House
Members were excited to board of directors and prin- ty; 15 years, Beverly Lau- Bloomsburg University and Camp Dost years of ser-
Jim Smith; 10 years, Lind-
join in the Mexican theme, cipal in creation of Camp bach of the Flag Day Gang, Alpha Phi Omega from vice awards were given to
say Serafini Task, Shirley
and they all donned colorful Dost. Community Unity groups Susquehanna University; Ann Krupa, five years; and
Additional years of ser- Weisenberger and the Stu-
party hats. from Bloomsburg and Nor- 25 years, Kerry Shirk and Audra Noyes, Josh Perch
vice honorees were: five dent Nurses Association
Williams said the group thumberland, Catholic Alpha Delta Pi from and Lauren Robust, 10
from Bloomsburg Universi-
will be back in business on years, Kevin Lanciotti and Campus Ministry from Susquehanna University. years.

Poverty
FROM PAGE 1 sister, what they need, the
to him turning his life person is put in charge and
around, and so the first Open tells the helpers what his or
Table was created. her goals are and what he
The movement has or she needs to succeed. It’s
expanded to more than 28 the job of the table to sup-
states and more than 180 port and help that person
cities and government and create relationships
worldwide. with them.
The mission for Open Pastor Karyn Fisher, of
Table says it’s “a catalyst St. John’s UMC, said, “Open
for the collaboration of Table is trying to pull
faith communities, govern- together government and
ment, universities, business faith-based groups to work
and nonprofits, working together to help individuals
through a shared purpose become good citizens. For STEPHANIE BETTICK/STAFF PHOTO

model, to move themselves example, somebody who Gathered at St. John’s United Methodist Church in Coal Township Thursday to discuss the Open
and their communities just aged out of foster care, Table program are, from left, Maryrose McCarthy, Northumberland County chief clerk; Jennifer
from a transactional rela- has been through the sys- Willard-Miller, of Northumberland County Behavioral Health\Intellectual Development Services (BH/
tionship with our brothers tem and never trusted any- IDS); Lauren Hackenburg, of Parent to Parent Connections Inc.; Harry Morgan, of Central Susquehanna
and sisters to one of the one, has no sense of direc- Opportunities Inc.; Pastor Jane Compton, of Himmels Church, Dornsife, and interim pastor at Trinity
transformation.” tions— we bring them Lutheran, Shamokin; Marty Sinopoli, of Marty Sinopoli Ministries and manager at First National Bank;
together with maybe a half the Rev. Karyn Fisher, of St. John’s UMC; Kerry Davis, Northumberland County Drug and Alcohol
Role reversal a dozen people from church- prevention program specialist; Lisa Donlan, of Northumberland County Juvenile Court; and Carmine
Katov explained the Open es and they meet with that Picarelli, of Northumberland County BH/IDS.
Table model consists of six person every week around
to eight volunteers for an the table and live together.”
individual and 10 to 12 for a The person is given the grant to be issued over a pleting the Train the Train- tion, the group gathered idea, Fisher said, but that
family, all serving for at opportunity to form real four-year period. The grant er program. around to discuss how they feeling passed.
least one hour a week over relationships and to form a allows Open Table to reach Fisher said two faith- wanted to go about creating “We’re all true believers
a one-year period. Each vol- sense of self by sharing his four goals through govern- based and two agency peo- the program and who they now,” she said. “We all
unteer takes on a role with- or her life with members of ment assistance: develop ple will be attending a wanted to serve. Following believe this is what our
in the group such as hous- the table, she said. family systems of care; three-day training in Phoe- the training, Fisher said county needs, a way for peo-
ing, finance, health care, develop youth systems of nix, Arizona, in January. they will reach out to addi- ple without connections to
transportation, insurance
Train the trainer care; create county leader- She and Marty Sinopoli, of tional churches and agen- be connected, a way for peo-
and more. Behavioral Health of ship teams; and trauma Marty Sinopoli Ministries, cies to bring people on ple who have been hopeless
The congregation experi- Rural Pennsylvania care. will be representing the board for the tables. It will all their lives can find hope
ences somewhat of a role (BHARP) is assisting in Katov announced Nor- faith-based end, and they take 90 to 120 days to launch and see a way to a positive
reversal where instead of making Open Table a possi- thumberland County would still have to choose attend- the first table, she said. future so that the cycle of
telling the person seeking bility in the state through a be the first to roll out the ees from agencies. Some walked into the poverty doesn’t get repeat-
change, called a brother or $4 million System of Care Open Table model by com- Following the presenta- church skeptical about the ed.”

GMOs
FROM PAGE 1
income spent on food once
peaked at more than 40 per-
cent, today’s family spends
under 10 percent of its
income on meals, he said.
By allowing for more dis-
posable income, Americans
have been able to invest
their money in areas like
education and retirement,
he said.
“We built this culture
that we love because we
don’t have to spend half our
income on food,” he said.
Most of Ott’s presenta-
tion covered the history of
GMOs, which began with
farmers breeding animals
and plants without any
knowledge of DNA.
“Farmers didn’t know
what they were doing,” he
said. “They knew what they
needed and wanted.”
Today, genetic engineer-
ing is at the “cusp of a new
revolution” due to the dis-
covery of a virus that can
locate and change segments
of DNA, Ott said. The dis-
covery made it easier for
scientists to determine
which pieces to manipulate
to make changes that
require change in multiple
segments of DNA. The
result has allowed scientists
to improve upon food, like
making apples and mush-
Troy Ott, professor of agriculture science at Penn
State, standing, speaks to members of the Greater
Susquehanna Valley Chamber of Commerce
Thursday at Spyglass Ridge Winery.
rooms that do not turn
brown when exposed to
oxygen, he said.
He encouraged people
who find GMOs controver-
sial to research and ask
questions about their con-
cerns. Garrett agreed, and
said he hoped the chamber
could help “keep the con-
versation going” about
GMOs.
Giving back
The program also includ-
ed brief comments from
Spyglass Winery owner
Tom Webb, who announced
a bluegrass festival and
four concerts are in the
works for next year.
Webb also said Three
SARAH DESANTIS/STAFF PHOTO
Beards Brewing, which is
constructing a building
behind the winery’s tasting
room, is anticipated to open
in December. The full brew-
ery will also house a restau-
rant. A long-term vision for
Spyglass Winery is to incor-
porate a cidery and distillery
on the property, he said.
He said he hoped by
bringing an entertainment
venue and the beverage
facilities to the Sunbury
area he could entice young
people to stay in or move to
the region.
“We’ve brought some-
thing to the community for
the people who live here,”
he said. “That’s the whole
idea — to give back.”
Danger
FROM PAGE 1 we’ll find more,” added streets appears structur-
Zimmerman said the Rogers. ally sound from the front,
city decided to adopt the The buildings marked but a view from the back
program after two Thursday include the for- shows the roof has col-
instances where firefight- mer VFW at Commerce lapsed.
ers nearly fell through and Washington streets, The placards were con-
collapsed floors because the Coal Hole on Walnut structed by students at
they were unaware of the Street and a dilapidated vo-tech using wood donat-
dangers inside. home at Second and Arch ed by the Friendship Fire
“Two times this year we streets. Zimmerman Co.
pointed out that the home
had fires where guys
at Second and Arch
opened the front door of
the building and realized
there were no insides.
They were all collapsed,”
he said.
The collapses occurred
Reel in the Memories this Fall!
at 314 W. Shamokin St. A Pennsylvania fishing
and 44 S. Market St., he
said. In the latter, the license is your ticket
building appeared normal
from the front but inside
to FALL FISHING FUN!
firefighters found the Extended trout season and
third floor had fallen into truckloads of fall fish stockings,
the basement. beginning in October, ensure
“You couldn’t tell from
fishing fun continues through
the outside,” he said.
Zimmerman worked the rest of the year.
with code enforcement And, anticipated steelhead
officers Rick Bozza and
Bruce Rogers, who is also
action in Northwest PA is
gearing up! Share the fun with
a fire chief, and Director
of Public Safety John someone special. Purchase
Brown to place signs on
fishing licenses at more than
13 buildings Thursday.
Bozza said he antici- 900 agents across the state or
pates about 50 buildings online at:
to need the placards.
“As we look around
GoneFishingPa.com
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Trump’s health care end run reflects frustrations

BY RICARDO EVAN VUCCI/AP PHOTO “cynical.”
ALONSO-ZALDIVAR President Donald Trump shows an executive “The American people
order on health care that he signed in the overwhelmingly rejected
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Roosevelt Room of the White House Thursday in Trumpcare, but President
WASHINGTON — Frus- Washington. Trump is still spitefully
trated over setbacks in Con- trying to sabotage their
gress, President Donald healthier people away from the center-right American health care, drive up their
Trump wielded his the state insurance markets Action Forum, said it looks costs and gut their cover-
rule-making power Thurs- created by the Obama health like the impact will be on age,” Pelosi said in a state-
day to launch an end run law. They’d offer lower pre- market niches, not the broad ment.
that might get him closer to miums to those willing to landscape of health insur- But Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky.,
his goal of repealing and accept fewer benefits. That ance. called Trump’s action “one
replacing “Obamacare.” would drive up costs for con- “This just isn’t a revolu- of the most significant free
Whether Trump’s execu- sumers in the already-shaky tion to insurance markets,” market health care reforms
tive order will be the play “Obamacare” markets, mak- he said. “It’s a policy change. in a generation” that would
that breaks through isn’t ing them less attractive for What we’ve got isn’t work- “reduce government inter-
clear. insurers and raising subsi- ing, so we might as well try ference and provide more
strongly to finish the repeal the plan, or charge more to dy expenses for the govern- something else.” affordable health care
Experts say consumers and replace of ‘Obamacare’ those in poor health. ment. On Capitol Hill, House options to everyday Ameri-
aren’t likely to see major once and for all.” Self-employed people might But economist Douglas Democratic Leader Nancy cans.”
changes any time soon, Democrats denounced be able to join. Holtz-Eakin, president of Pelosi called Trump’s move
although the White House is Trump’s order as more “sab- Other elements of the
promising lower costs and otage” while Republicans White House plan include:

more options.
Some experts warned that
hard-won protections for
older adults and people in
called it “bold action” to
help consumers. A major
small business group
praised the president, while
CHINESE
• Easing current restric-
tions on short-term policies
that last less than a year —
an option for people making

poor health could be under-
mined by the skinny low-
er-premium plans that
Trump ordered federal
agencies to facilitate.
Others say the president’s
plans will have a modest
impact, and might even help
some consumers who don’t
now benefit from financial
assistance under the
Obama-era law.
People on different sides
of the polarized health care
debate did agree that it will
take months for the govern-
ment bureaucracy to turn
Trump’s broad-brush goals
into actual policies that
affect millions of people
who buy their own health
insurance policies.
“Today is only the begin-
ning,” Trump said at the
Oval Office signing ceremo-
ny. He promised new mea-
sures in coming months,
adding, “we’re going to also
pressure Congress very
doctors, insurers and state
regulators said they have
concerns and are waiting to
details.
“We want to make sure
that all the consumer protec-
tions are there and includ-
ed,” said Michael Munger,
president of the American
Academy of Family Physi-
cians.
One of the main ideas
from the administration
involves easing the way for
groups of employers to
sponsor coverage that can
be marketed across the land.
That reflects Trump’s long-
standing belief that compe-
tition across state lines will
lead to lower premiums.
Those “association health
plans” could be shielded
from some state and federal
insurance requirements.
Responding to concerns, the
White House said participat-
ing employers could not
exclude any workers from
AUCTION
a life transition, from recent
college graduates to early
retirees. Those policies are
not subject to current feder-
al and state rules that
require standard benefits TRANSFIGURATION
and other consumer protec-
tions.
• Allowing employers to
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set aside pre-tax dollars so
workers can use the money 227 North Shamokin Street
to buy an individual health
policy. Shamokin, PA 17872
“This could be much ado
about nothing, or a very big
deal, depending on how the
regulations get written,”
OCTOBER 15, 2017
said Larry Levitt of the non-
partisan Kaiser Family DOORS OPEN AUCTION BEGINS
Foundation. “The intent of
the executive order is clear,
to deregulate the insurance
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market...it’s unclear how far
the administration will ulti-
mately go.”
Levitt said association
ADMISSION
health plans and short-term
health insurance policies
could be designed to lure
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Sound Off Fiddle player to tell ghost stories

570-648-2340 E XT . 6 SUNBURY — As darkness descends Burgess, have collected stories from ing her presentation, members of the
SOUNDOFF @ NEWSITEM . COM on the Susquehanna River Valley on the hills and hollows of Central Penn- audience may purchase autographed
Thursday, Oct. 19, Beverley Conrad, sylvania over the years as they’ve copies of her book.
Mr. Kotter the fiddle-playing storyteller from taken their musical talent on the road The program will begin at 7 p.m. at
Salem Swamp, will entertain those throughout the region. Several years the society’s headquarters, 1150 N.
Welcome back, Frog. We missed your wit.
gathered at the Northumberland ago, they assembled the stories into Front St., and is open to the public and
Bad guy County Historical Society with ghost the book, “The Headless Dog and free of charge. A reception will follow.
How’s your god now, Meryl Streep? Harvey Weinstein, stories dealing with historic locales, Other Stories.” Conrad will share For more information, call 570-286-
huh? Such terrible judgment on your part. accompanied by spooky fiddle music. some of these stories and enhance 4083 or visit www.northumberland-
Conrad and her husband, Greg them with her fiddle music. Follow- countyhistoricalsociety.org.
Wall to wall
Donald Trump is worried about building a wall that
Mexico is not going to pay for, but taxpayers are. They are
not going to pay for that wall.
Manipulation
Brad Parscale in a “60 Minutes” interview explained to
Leslie Stahl how he and a team of 100 embedded hun-
dreds of thousands of anti-Hillary pro-Trump messages
tailored to specific Facebook audiences down to the indi-
vidual. It was absolutely creepy to see how we are
unknowingly manipulated.
Breadbasket blues
Once known as the breadbasket of the world, we now
find ourselves with a 20 percent reduction of crops
because of the many and extended droughts. The exces-
sive heat has also reduced the protein content of grains
so they are no longer nutritious. Without action we will
be suffering from food insecurity.
The big law
All these senators are looking for a new law for gun
control and gun violence. There already is one. It states,
“Thou shall not kill.” SUBMITTED PHOTO

For sale The Works Club

I would like to thank the party that mentioned the Vis-
intainer’s Motel as being up for sale for the last five years. Students at Shamokin Area High School recently elected officers for the Works Club, a family
I would appreciate it if someone would come forward and consumer science school-sponsored club run under the supervision of Jennifer
and buy the building. Editor’s take: We’d all appreciate Makowski and Kristin Reed. Students involved with the club fundraise throughout the year to
that, but those who would invest need to know if it’s going support the family and consumer science program. The club also raises money to experience
to be worthwhile. various cuisines and culinary techniques by visiting local area restaurants. The Works also
provides three monetary scholarships for graduating seniors who qualify and who are mem-
Rock your life away bers of the club for two or more consecutive years. From left are Vice President Abbi Fiorey,
This is to the person who is against a hotel coming to fundraiser captains Nicole Bainbridge and Mackenzie Snyder, Secretary Matthew Sheriff,
our area: Why don’t you just get your rocking chair, put it President Cameron Scandle and Treasurer Jake Jeremiah.
on your front porch, get your cigarettes out and rock
your life away.
Dollars and Pence
Evidently Congress and the Senate don’t have the faint-
est idea what is going on in the United States and what
our illustrious President Trump is trying to do us. He is
going have us in World War III. He’ll be floating on a
cloud like he doesn’t know what is going on. Get him
impeached and get someone in there that is going to take
care of our country and protect us. Frog’s take: If he
would be impeached we get Mike Pence. You like him any
better?
Egg on face
People are coming down very hard on the Shamokin
Area football coach. Why not come down very hard on
the people who hired him — the school board? The school
board isn’t going to fire the guy because that will make
them look like they made a very bad choice.
On a whim
You can tell Frog’s back. Calls are either censored or
abbreviated to his liking.
Sun king
Elon Musk has proposed a solar-electric power grid for
Puerto Rico. Imagine if this poor island would be the
leader and example of being powered by the sun.
Master Chief
Hey Frog, congratulations on coming back. I would
like to call in regard on Chief Owens becoming sheriff
and that person who called in. That person does not
know the capabilities of Chief Owens. He is a very good
man and it takes a long time to train someone like him,
and he is going to be a very big asset to the county in this
capacity. Frog’s take: Thank you, caller, and Todd was one
of the people I truly missed dealing with while I was ill.
Smarter than
So the moron in chief is now challenging Tillerson to
an IQ test. The moron in chief can’t even spell IQ.
To serve man
In answer to a Sound Off call: College was not an
umbrella for me. It was a way to earn a college degree for
a profession. I did not volunteer afterward as I used my
new profession to benefit society and my new family.
However, the draft was still on when I was in college, and
if I was called, I certainly would have answered. Once
again, being in the military is not a prerequisite of being
patriotic.
Football Jesus
Whatever happened to the separation of church and
state? They don’t allow prayer in the schools anymore, but
yet at every Mount Carmel home football game, there are
at least five clergies on the sidelines. Do they pay to get in?
Editor’s take: What is your point? Separation of church and
state doesn’t mean a pastor can’t attend a public event.

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Big divide between overweight, underweight children

BY ARIANA EUNJUNG than one standard devia- actions much more signifi- pregnancy, including through the 1980s, much of
CHA tion. cantly to act across the life- preterm birth and mater- sub-Saharan Africa, South
THE WASHINGTON POST The analysis, led by course and across all of nal death. Asia and parts of Latin
Imperial College London in society,” said Harry Rutter, Most highly developed America were affected. “As
The weight problems collaboration with the a researcher at the London countries have a signifi- the clock goes forward, it
that preoccupy Americans World Health Organiza- School of Hygiene and cant percentage of over- becomes more and more
typically are about how to tion, involves data on near- Tropical Medicine. weight children, but the concentrated in South
lose weight, not gain it. But ly 129 million children ages Rutter and the WHO’s same trend is accelerating Asia and in the poorest
a study published in the 5 to 19 in 200 countries. Fiona Bull, another co-au- in middle-income coun- pockets of Africa,” Ezzati
Lancet on Tuesday night Study author Majid Ezzati, thor, said on a call with tries, especially in South- said.
provides a sobering look at a researcher at the col- reporters that the solution east Asia. Large increases These days, the issue is
how much the relationship lege’s School of Public lies in not only targeting also are being seen in very regionally concentrat-
children globally have with Health, and his collabora- individual behavior — North Africa, Latin Ameri- ed — part of what one
food and weight depends tors say it is the most com- including the quantity and ca and the Caribbean. researcher called “this
on where they are growing prehensive database ever quality of meals and physi- “While it’s happening polarization of the world.”
up. assembled on this topic. cal exercise — but in look- also in the high-income In 2016, the average body
The study reports that But there’s a flip side to ing more broadly at agri- world, especially in Europe mass index for both boys
the number of obese chil- this story. cultural policies as well as and certainly in Japan and and girls was the lowest in
dren has increased more Despite the big increases the marketing, packaging, some of its neighbors like Ethiopia but also low in
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four decades — from 5 mil- more children who remain South Asia, where some food. slower process,” Ezzati Cambodia, Bangladesh and
lion girls in 1975 to 50 mil- moderately or severely governments’ ability to While being overweight said. Overall, obesity and India. In many parts of
lion in 2016, and from 6 mil- underweight, especially in feed their citizens has been is associated with earlier overweight rates are pla- Africa and India, 30 per-
lion boys in 1975 to 74 mil- the poorest corners of the unable to keep up with onset of cardiac and meta- teauing in those places and cent to 50 percent of boys
lion in 2016. world. An estimated 75 mil- countries’ booming popula- bolic issues and some can- the United States — where were underweight.
Overall, one in every five lion girls and 117 million tions. cers, being underweight 20 percent of children are
children on the planet is
either obese, meaning
boys are moderately or
severely underweight,
“We have wide and wid-
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also can carry serious con-
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obese.
The percentage of boys COMMUNITY
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Line Mountain School District

Elementary Breakfast
Monday: Pretzel Stick Cinnamon Bun
Tuesday: French Toast Sticks
Wednesday: Sausage Breakfast Pizza
Thursday: Breakfast Rolled Taco
Friday: Dutch Waffle

Elementary Lunch
Monday: Chicken Sticks/bread, buttered noodles, carrot coins, fruit cocktail
Tuesday: Swedish Meatballs/noodles, bread, broccoli, pears
Wednesday: Beef & Cheese Taco/rice, refried beans, corn, mandarin oranges
Thursday: Popcorn chicken/bread, mashed potatoes/gravy, diced peaches
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SCHOOL LUNCH MENU Middle School Breakfast

Monday: Pancake Wrap
Tuesday: Sausage, Egg & Cheese Bagel
October 16-October 20 Wednesday: Creamy Scrambled Eggs/Toast
Thursday: Breakfast Rolled Taco
Mount Carmel Area Friday: Sausage Breakfast Pizza
Elementary Breakfast
Monday: French Toast Sticks Middle School Lunch
Tuesday: Egg & Cheese on a Bagel Monday: Chicken Sticks/bread, buttered noodles, carrot coins, fruit cocktail
Wednesday: Dutch Waffle Tuesday: Jamaican Pork/rice, bread, broccoli, pears
Thursday: Ham & Cheese Muffin Sandwich Wednesday: Popcorn Chicken Bowl, creamy mashed potatoes/gravy, mandarin oranges
Friday: Fluffy Pancakes Thursday: Beef & Cheese Taco, rice, corn, peaches
Friday: Deluxe Philly Steak n’ Cheese Sub, green beans, applesauce
Elementary Lunch
Monday: Meatball Hoagie, tater tots, bean salad, peaches High School Breakfast
Tuesday: Chicken Tenders/bread, green beans, pears Monday: Pancake Wrap
Wednesday: Kale Caesar Salad, Swedish Meatballs/noodles, broccoli, mandarin oranges Tuesday: Sausage, Egg & Cheese Bagel
Thursday: Buffalo Chicken Nachos/bread, corn, applesauce Wednesday: Creamy Scrambled Eggs/Toast
Friday: French Canadian Monte Cristo, carrot coins, banana split sundae Thursday: Breakfast Rolled Taco
Friday: Sausage Breakfast Pizza
High School Breakfast
Monday: Scrambled Eggs& Cheese with toast High School Lunch
Tuesday: Sausage, Egg & Cheese Muffin Monday: Chicken Sticks/bread, buttered noodles, carrot coins, fruit cocktail
Wednesday: Dutch Waffle Tuesday: Jamaican Pork/rice, bread, broccoli, pears
Thursday: Egg, Ham & Cheese Bagel Wednesday: Popcorn Chicken Bowl, creamy mashed potatoes/gravy, mandarin oranges
Friday: Pancake Wrap Thursday: Beef & Cheese Taco, rice, corn, peaches
Friday: Deluxe Philly Steak n’ Cheese Sub, green beans, applesauce
High School Lunch
Monday: Meatball Hoagie, oven baked fries, bean salad, peaches
Tuesday: Baked Sweet Potatoes & Apples, Jamaican Pork/rice, green beans, pineapple tidbits
Wednesday: Chili Cheese tots, broccoli, pears
Southern Columbia Area School District
Breakfast
Thursday: Hot Roast Turkey Sandwich, carrot coins, applesauce
Monday: Yogurt & Teddy Grahams
Friday: Buffalo Chicken Nachos/bread, corn, fruit cup
Tuesday: Mini French Toast
Wednesday: Oatmeal Breakfast Cookies
Shamokin Area Thursday: Bagelfuls
Elementary Breakfast Friday: Funnel Cake
Monday: Mini Cinnis
Tuesday: Egg, Ham & Cheese Muffin Lunch
Wednesday: Pancake Wrap Monday: Hot Dog/bun, french fries, carrot sticks/dip, fruit
Thursday: Breakfast Chicken Slider Tuesday: Chicken Tenders/noodles, broccoli, garbanzo beans, fruit
Friday: Funnel Cake Friday, Dutch Waffle Wednesday: Spaghetti/meat sauce, tossed salad/tomatoes, corn fruit
Thursday: Hot Ham& Cheese/roll, mixed vegetables, vegetable cup/dip, fruit
Elementary Lunch Friday: Fish Sandwich, Mrs. T’s Pierogies, carrots, fruit
Monday: Bite Sized Popcorn Chicken, bread, mashed potatoes, corn, peaches
Tuesday: New Indian Pride Burger (Cheeseburger with the works INSIDE), green beans, fruit cup
Wednesday: Plain or Buffalo Style Chicken Nuggets, bread, potato wedges, pears
Shikellamy School District
Breakfast Menu
Thursday: Pork BBQ Sandwich, broccoli, pineapple tidbits
Monday: Cereal, bagel/toppings
Friday: Cheesy Chicken Nachos, carrot coins, mandarin oranges
Tuesday: Cereal, mini muffin
Wednesday: English Muffin/Cheese & Bacon
Middle/High School Breakfast
Thursday: Cereal, Grab n Go Thursday
Monday: Sausage, Egg & Cheese Bagel
Friday: Mini French Toast
Tuesday: Pancake Wrap
Wednesday: French Toast Sticks
Elementary Lunch
Thursday: Breakfast Chicken Slider
Alternate: Brave Cheeseburger
Friday: Funnel Cake Friday, Dutch Waffle
Monday: Chicken Patty, french fries, California blend, mandarin oranges
Tuesday: Taco Tuesday, black bean salad, corn, pineapple
Middle/High School Lunch
Wednesday: Pizza Wedge, french fries, broccoli dippers, applesauce
Monday: Popcorn Chicken Bowl, wheat bread, sliced peaches
Thursday: School made Chicken Vegetable Soup, Ham & Cheese Sandwich, carrot dippers, fruit
Tuesday: New Indian Pride Burger (Cheeseburger with the works INSIDE) green beans, fruit cup
Friday: Meatball Hoagie, Heritage salad/dressing, hash browns, pears
Wednesday: Plain or Buffalo Style Chicken Nuggets, bread, potato wedges, pears
Thursday: Pork BBQ Sandwich, broccoli, pineapple tidbits
Secondary Lunch
Friday: Cheesy Chicken Nachos, carrot coins, mandarin oranges
Monday: Chicken Patty, french fries, California blend, mandarin oranges
Tuesday: Taco Tuesday, black bean salad, corn, pineapple
Our Lady of Lourdes Regional School Wednesday: Pizza Wedge, french fries, broccoli dippers, applesauce
Breakfast Thursday: School made Chicken Vegetable Soup, Ham & Cheese Sandwich, carrot dippers, fruit
Monday: Granola Bar/cheese stick Friday: Meatball Hoagie or Monte Cristo, Heritage salad/dressing, hash browns, pears
Tuesday: Mini Waffles
Wednesday: Chocolate Chip Loaf
Thursday: Banana Loaf
North Schuylkill School District
Elementary Lunch
Friday: Yogurt & Teddy Grahams
Monday: Beef & Cheese Nachos, bread, corn, pineapple tidbits
Tuesday: French Toast Sticks, sausage, tater tots, fruit cup
Lunch
Wednesday: White Bean Chicken Chili/rice & tortilla chips, carrot coins, applesauce
Alternate: Chicken Patty on Bun
Thursday: Breaded Pork Patty/buttered noodles, green beans, peaches
Monday: Chicken Tenders, noodles, broccoli, fruit
Friday: Macaroni & Cheese/bread, sweet peas, pears
Tuesday: Pasta with meat sauce, tossed salad/dressing, corn, fruit
Wednesday: French Toast Sticks, sausage links, potato puffs, carrots, fruit
High School Lunch
Thursday: Cheesesteak, french fries, celery sticks, fruit
Monday: Popcorn Chicken Bowl/wheat bread, green beans, applesauce
Friday: Max Sticks, mixed vegetables, side salad/tomato, fruit
Tuesday: Salisbury Steak/gravy/bread, green beans, mandarin oranges
Wednesday: Chicken Pot Pie, bread, carrot coins, pears
Thursday: Chicken & Cheese Nachos/bread, broccoli, pineapple tidbits
Friday; Macaroni & Cheese, bread, sweet peas, fruit cup
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Poll: Americans blame wild weather on global warming

BY BY SETH not evacuate for. Thomp-
BORENSTEIN son, a retired pest control
AND EMILY SWANSON researcher in New Orleans,
said “it’s pretty irrational”
ASSOCIATED PRESS that people and politicians
WASHINGTON — After can deny global warming
hurricanes Harvey, Irma when the Gulf of Mexico is
and Maria blitzed the so much hotter than
nation, most Americans decades ago and storms
think weather disasters are seem so much more power-
getting more severe and ful.
see global warming’s fin- “When so many things
gerprints. are happening and so
A new poll from the many of them (storms) are
Associated Press-NORC intense and so many of
Center for Public Affairs them are once-in-500-year
Research finds that 68 per- levels and they’re all occur-
cent of Americans think ring, it’s a pretty good sign
weather disasters seem to global warming is having
be worsening, compared to an effect,” Thompson said.
28 percent who think they Susan Cutter, who
are staying the same and directs the Hazards and
only 4 percent who say Vulnerability Research
they are less severe. Institute at the University
And 46 percent of those of South Carolina, said
who think it’s getting she’s not surprised by the
worse blame man-made cli- poll results.
mate change mostly or “How can you not” ALAN DIAZ/AP PHOTO
solely for the wild weather, notice it, Cutter said. “The Patrick Garvey, walks on what’s left of his farm, as he talks to a reporter about by the destruction of
while another 39 percent public sees the connection
because they see it happen- his once-thriving enterprise, called The Grimal Grove by Hurricane Irma, in Big Pine Key, Florida,
say it’s a combination of Sept. 17.
global warming and natu- ing to their neighbors,
ral variability. themselves. They see it on nine months of the year, ful storms. doctor of natural medi- Thompson said.
“Just with all the hurri- television. And they’re not according to the National Even though she went cine. “Truth speaks for Many Americans, like
canes that are happening responding to a particular Oceanic and Atmospheric down to help Hurricane itself.” Posey, say they’ve taken
this year ... it just seems political constituency.” Administration. Harvey victims in Texas as According to the new part in charitable activi-
like things are kind of Cutter and other experts An analysis of 167 years a missionary and midwife, poll, 63 percent of Ameri- ties in response to the
mixed up,” said Kathy say from a science perspec- of federal storm data by Gwendolyn Posey of Okla- cans think both that cli- recent storms, including
Weber, a 46-year-old stay-at- tive, it is clear that the The Associated Press finds homa just doesn’t see any mate change is happening 55 percent who gave mon-
home mom from Menom- United States is getting that no 30-year period in increase in extreme weath- and that the government ey, clothing or other items
onie, Wisconsin. more extreme weather and history has seen this many er. should address it, but to charity, 11 percent who
When Hurricane Nate climate change plays a role. major hurricanes, this “I don’t think it’s man- there’s little sign that did extra volunteer work
washed ashore in the Gulf This year so far has seen many days of those storms made climate change,” those feelings have and 9 percent who donated
Coast earlier this month, it 15 weather disasters that spinning in the Atlantic, or Posey said. “It’s always strengthened since sur- blood or tried to do so.
was one of the first storms cost $1 billion or more, tied this much overall energy changing one way or veys conducted before this The AP-NORC poll of
that Greg Thompson did for the most in the first generated by those power- another. It’s always in year’s run of hurricanes. 1,150 adults was conducted
flux.” Two-thirds of Ameri- Sept. 28-Oct. 2 using a
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“Anytime the govern- “If there is somebody Respondents were first
Today Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday ment starts ramming who actually says global selected randomly using
things down my throat, I warming isn’t happening, address-based sampling
immediately think it’s that’s a sign that they are methods, and later inter-
wrong,” said Posey, a too stupid, too crazy or too viewed online or by
mother of 10, farmer and dishonest to get my vote,” phone.

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Friday, October 13, 2017

Weather, Scranton Prep too much

for Lourdes in PIAA sub-regional
BY HAROLD RAKER Raiders got off to a slow Raiders got off to a shaky
For The News-Item start and never quite recov- H.S. GOLF start and found themselves
ered as District 2 champion topped Selinsgrove in the facing a large deficit after
Scranton Prep defeated the Class AAA match. just a few holes.
EAGLES MERE – The
District 4 champions 335-361 Only the two winners “From what I had heard
only thing missing was the
at Eagles Mere Country advance in the PIAA tour- we had dropped 10 shots
fog.
Club in the Class AA por- nament, set for Oct. 25. right off the bat after the
On a chilly, rainy Thurs-
tion of the PIAA sub-re- The tournaments were first two or three holes,”
day afternoon in the End-
gional tournament. played in conditions that Felty said. “We came back
less Mountains, Lourdes
Salamone overcame the alternated from a drizzle to and we got a little bit better TIM ZYLA/STAFF PHOTO
Regional saw its outstand-
ing high school golf season
horrendous conditions to a soaking rain along with and were hanging in at the Lourdes Regional’s Ryan Ciocco makes an
card the low score of the wind and temperature that midway point, but it was a approach shot from the rough as teammate Evan
come to an end, despite a
day with an eight-over par topped out at 53 degrees. long tough day and the Salamone looks on during the District Two-Four
stellar performance from
79, the best among the golf- The forecast also called for weather was not very good. Class AA Sub-regional Team Championship
its top player, Evan Salam-
ers on the four teams com- fog, but there was none. Added Felty, “It’s October Thursday at Eagles Mere Country Club.
one. Lourdes, Page 12
peting for titles. Crestwood Nevertheless, the Red
Coach Ryan Felty’s Red

Court
clears
way for
NFL to
sit Elliott
BY SCHUYLER DIXON
AP Pro Football Writer
FRISCO, Texas (AP) — A
federal appeals court
cleared the way Thursday
for the NFL to impose a six-
game suspension on Dallas
Cowboys star Ezekiel
Elliott over domestic vio-
lence allegations, siding
with the league in the latest
high-profile fight over its
ability to punish players for
off-field behavior.
In a 2-1 decision, the 5th
U.S. Circuit Court of
Appeals panel in New Orle-
ans granted the league’s
emergency request to set
aside an injunction and
ordered a district court in
Texas to dismiss Elliott’s
case.
The NFL announced that
the suspension was effec-
tive immediately, though
further appeals were possi-
ble and the Cowboys are not
playing this weekend.
“We are currently explor-
ing all of our legal options
and will make a decision as
to what is the best course of
action in the next few
days,” Elliott attorney
Frank Salzano said.
The Cowboys don’t play
again until next Sunday,
Oct. 22, at San Francisco. If
Elliott’s legal team can’t put
the suspension on hold
again, he won’t be eligible
to play until Nov. 30 at home
against Washington, a
Thursday night game the
week after Thanksgiving.
Elliott played the first five
games as Dallas went 2-3 in
a disappointing start.
A federal judge in Texas
issued the injunction block-
ing the suspension last
month, agreeing with NFL
players’ union attorneys
Elliott, Page 12
Line Mountain’s Jordan Smith (12) battles Millersburg’s Jacob Mavretic (21) for control of the ball as perform and the way (Aar-
teammate Wesley Long (15) looks on during first period action Thursday afternoon at Line Mountain on) Judge came out this
High School. No score was reported for the game by press time.
SCA girls clinch Division III title
BY THE NEWS-ITEM
CATAWISSA R.R. —
Southern Columbia
clinched the Division III
Pennsylvania Heartland
Athletic Conference title
with an double overtime
victory over the Lancers,
3-2.
The Tigers were led by
Carly Renn with two goals,
and the game-winning goal 31:00
by Maggie Morrison.
Southern Columbia — 0 21 —3
Loyalsock — ............1 1 0 —2
First Half
Loyalsock — Doebler, 8:05
Second Half
Southern — Carly Renn (Tori
Romania), 29:01
Souther n — Renn (Madison Dauphin 2 Saves: Line Mountain
Klock), 24:03
Loyalsock — Cruise, 16:55
Second Overtime
Southern — Morrison (Romania),
2:21
Shots: Southern Columbia 14. Loy-
alsock 10. Corners: Southern Colum-
bia 5. Loyalsock 4. Saves: Southern
Columbia (Hailey Reeder) 5. Loyal-
sock (Grace Schreckengast) 8.
Girls soccer
Line Mountain 8, Upper Jersey Shore over
Dauphin 0
ELIZABETHVILLE —
Emily Bingaman scored a
hat trick for the Eagles and all, 3-7 in the division.
Alyssa Lambert netted two Shamokin (6-9) ........... 0 0 — 0
goals to lead Line Moun-
tain over Upper Dauphin
Area, 8-0.
Line Mountain — 4...4 — 8
Upper Dauphin — 0..0 — 0 8. Corners: Shamokin 2, Jersey Shore 0:04
First Half
LM — Bingaman (Maura Lundy),
LM — Boyer, 22:06
LM — Bingaman (Keim), 9:01
LM — Lambert (Bingaman), 4:37
Second Half
LM — Bingaman, 32:26
LM — Lambert (Snyder), 28:36
LM — Matter, 25:56
LM — Keim, 19:00
Shots: Line Mountain 17, Upper the Indians, 5-0, to improve
(Autumn Czaplicki) 2, Upper Dauphin their record to 8-8.
(Kennerly) 9.
Jersey Shore 1,
Shamokin 0
JERSEY SHORE —
Annalise Eiswerth scored
Astros
vets saw
birth of
baby
Bombers
BY STEPHEN HAWKINS
AP Sports Writer
HOUSTON — Carlos Bel-
tran and Brian McCann
spent most of the previous
three seasons as teammates
with the New York Yankees,
and while there got to see
the birth of those baby
Bronx Bombers they will
now face in the AL Champi-
onship Series.
“It is a little crazy,” said
McCann, the 33-year-old
catcher who was traded by
the Yankees to Houston last
winter. “But when I was
behind the scenes and got to
CHRIS J. GREGO/STAFF PHOTO
see these young guys play,
year, it’s no surprise they’re
in the position they’re in.”
Beltran and McCann are
now two of the old guys for
another team with plenty
the game’s only goal to lead ing to Mount Carmel Mon- of talented youth — the
day for their next matchup. Astros. Both veterans hope
for another shot to finally
Shamokin in a Heartland Southern (8-8) ............1 4 —5
Conference Division I
Muncy .........................0 0 — 0 win a World Series ring.
game.
First Half Game 1 of the best-of-7
Souther n — Gordon English
Shamokin fell to 6-9 over- (Adamski), 27:03 ALCS is Friday night in
Second Half Houston.
Southern —Elijah Hoffman, penalty Much of the reason that
kick, 35:04
Jersey Shore (4-12) .... 1 0 — 1 Souther n — Hoffman (Aden New York was able to let go
First Half Trathen), 17:37 of McCann was another
Jersey Shore — Annalise Eiswerth, Southern — Trathen (Hoffman),
30:00 9:13 young slugger, 24-year-old
Shots: Shamokin 8, Jersey Shore Southern — Shufeldt (Broscious), catcher Gary Sanchez (33
homers this season, 53 in
3. Saves: Shamokin (Olivia Haupt) 7, Shots: Southern Columbia 24,
177 career games). Judge,
Jersey Shore (Hanna Kauffman) 8. Muncy 4. Corners: Southern Columbia
15, Muncy 2. Saves: Southern Colum- the 6-foot-7 rookie right
Boys soccer bia (Ethan Dunkelberger) 3. Muncy
(Oden) 9. fielder, hit an AL-best 52
Southern Columbia 5, Lourdes 1, Weatherly 1 homers this year.
Beltran, the 40-year-old
Muncy 0
WEATHERLY —Lourdes designated hitter in his 20th
MUNCY — Southern
Regional Red Raiders and big league season, admits
Columbia Tigers shut out the Weatherly Wreckers fin- that he was a bit surprised
ished their game knotted at how quickly the young-
at 1-1 after double overtime sters developed.
The Tigers were led by periods came to an end. “It’s good to watch, it’s
Elijah Hoffman with two
Hunter Reed scored the very refreshing to watch,”
goals and Aden Trathen, only goal for the Red Raid- said Beltran, who was sent
Erick Shufeldt, and Gordon ers, while Josh Andreuzzi from New York to Texas at
English scoring one goal
scored the goal for the the trade deadline last sum-
each. SCA, Page 12
ALCS, Page 12
The Tigers will be travel-

Less time, fewer timeouts among

rule changes as NBA season starts
es’ hands, because we just screw it up sitting them in road games.
BY BRIAN MAHONEY anyway. So it’s better for the players.” — Halftime will be 15 minutes for
Associated Press Among the changes: all games — and the league plans to
NEW YORK — Mike D’Antoni ran — Tuesday’s start is the NBA’s ear- be diligent about starting the clock as
an offensive system known as seven liest since 1980. It’s a week earlier soon as the first half ends. There pre-
seconds or less, so he likes things fast. than normal, with the maximum viously was a minute or two longer
Good thing, because NBA coaches number of preseason games cut from for national TV games, and some-
find things come at them more quick- eight to six. times the clock wouldn’t start until all
ly this season. — Timeouts are reduced from 18 to players had cleared the floor.
They are losing time and timeouts, 14, with each team having seven. That change caught the attention
with fewer days to prepare before the They will be limited to two during the of D’Antoni, who noted that in some
regular season and fewer chances to last three minutes of games, instead arenas there is a longer walk from the
talk things over during games. of the previous rule that permitted benches to the locker rooms.
Throw in new rules legislating how three timeouts in the final two min- “So instead of showing 10 clips at
they can rest players, and there are utes. halftime, you might only be able to ANDRES KUDACKI/AP PHOTO

plenty of adjustments even for veter- — Teams can be fined $100,000 or show two or three,” D’Antoni said. New York Knicks’ head coach Jeff Hornacek
an coaches. more for resting healthy players Byron Spruell, the NBA’s president during the first half of a preseason NBA basket-
“I think it’s good,” said D’Antoni, during national TV games, and are of league operations, said the goal ball game against Houston Rockets at Madison
the NBA coach of the year with Hous- discouraged from resting multiple NBA, Page 12 Square Garden in New York, Monday.i\
ton last year. “Take stuff out of coach- healthy players in the same game or
 A12 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2017
Elliott
FROM PAGE 11
who argued that the
investigation of the allega-
tions in Ohio and a subse-
quent appeal were unfair to
Elliott, one of the league’s
standout running backs.
The NFL countered that
it followed procedures
under the league’s labor
deal and that the union
improperly filed a lawsuit
before the appeals process
was complete.
The most likely destina-
tion for further legal chal-
lenges from players’ union
attorneys representing
Elliott is with the Southern
District of New York. The
NFL filed in that federal
court after Elliott’s appeal
through the league was
denied by arbitrator Harold
Henderson last month.
Last year’s NFL rushing
leader as a rookie, Elliott
was suspended in August
by Commissioner Roger
Goodell after the league
concluded following a year-
long investigation that he
had several physical con-
frontations in the summer
of 2016 with Tiffany
Thompson, his girlfriend at
the time.
Prosecutors in Colum-
bus, Ohio, decided not to
pursue the case in the city
where Elliott starred for
Ohio State, citing conflict-
ing evidence.
Elliott’s legal team filed
the lawsuit on his behalf in
the Eastern District of Tex-
as before Henderson had
rejected the appeal. The 5th
Circuit agreed with the
NFL’s claim that the filing
was premature.
“The procedures provid-
ed for in the collective bar-
gaining agreement between
the NFL and NFLPA were
not exhausted,” Judges Jen-
nifer Elrod and Edward Pra-
do wrote for the majority.
“The parties contracted to
have an arbitrator make a
final decision. That decision
had not yet been issued.”
In dissent, Judge James
Graves disagreed that the
suit was filed prematurely.
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Lourdes Regional’s Ryan Ciocco chips onto the green during the District time Olympic gold medal-
Two-Four Class AA Sub-regional Team Championship Thursday at Eagles ist. George is a four-time
Mere Country Club.
Lourdes
FROM PAGE 11
up in the mountains in
Pennsylvania, and that usu- rainy conditions, make the Oaks Country Club in Fleet-
ally doesn’t work out too
well.”
But Felty would not let
the conditions put a damp-
er on a season in which his same greens and the same
Red Raiders won the
Schuylkill League and dis-
trict championships.
“Overall the season was a said. “That’s what I did
success, so they should be
proud. We just came up
short today, but we went a
long way and it says a lot
for the program, and espe-
cially for the seniors who
have been doing this for
three or four years,” Felty
said.
He said, “It’s a little
deflating, but at the same
time, there is nothing to be can always pick each other Salina Albert, each with a
disappointed about.”
Salamone was also happy down.”
with his performance, but
less than pleased with the
course.
“No disrespect to the
coaches or the staff here at gling with his putting.
Eagles Mere, but this
course was unplayable
today. We should have never ple holes and he took me
been playing in these condi- aside and gave me some tips and 86 by Collin Ennis and
tions,” the senior said.
“I understand playing in nitely helped me,” Salam-
rain when the course is in
good condition, but when
you’re playing on a course
that was flooded from days
before, AND you’re playing especially mid-irons to the
in rain, then it gets unfair,” wedges.
Salamone said.
He said they had to play
through puddles on the
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15 times because of water
seeping everywhere.
“It really sucks, but
everyone out here has to
play it,” he said.
Salamone said that many tinue for Salamone, who
ALCS
FROM PAGE 11
mer and then returned to
Houston in free agency.
Many have credited Bel-
tran with having a big
impact on Didi Gregorius,
the shortstop who succeed-
ed Derek Jeter and hom-
ered twice in the ALDS
clincher, the Yankees’ 5-2
Game AFTERNOON
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FRIDAY
night after losing the first
two games of that series to
Cleveland.
“I’m happy for him, and
I’m also happy for Judge
and Gary Sanchez and the
younger guys. They have
been able to go out there
and perform,” Beltran said.
“I was the guy who provid-
NBA
FROM PAGE 11
wasn’t to shorten the
length of games, which run
about 2 hours, 15 minutes.
He said the league wanted
the games to have a better
flow, and worked with the
coaches and Competition
Committee, which includes
some coaches, during the
summer on the changes.
Spruell said coaches were
fine with the removal of the
under-9 minute timeouts in
the second and fourth quar-
ters, feeling they came too
soon after the quarters
started. There will now be
two mandatory timeouts in
each quarter, at the under-7
and under-3 minute marks.
Even at the end of games,
coaches acknowledged
golfers, including himself
in the past, when playing in Eastern Regional at Golden ma City Thunder team-
mistake of getting mad at
their game and the course,
rather than realizing that
everyone is hitting the
fairways.
“You have to grind it out
and make the best of it,” he play. It’s just me and the
today to shoot a decent
score.”
He also benefitted from
playing in the same four-
some with teammate Cioc-
co.
“It was definitely an
advantage playing with
Ryan during one of these
events,” he said. “We know were Thomas Schultz, 94,
each other’s game and we
up when one of us gets
He said Ciocco, who shot will also compete in the
a team-second-best 91, was
especially helpful early on
when Salamone was strug-
“He was putting a little
better than me the first cou- were a pair of 84s by Dan
about putting and that defi- a 90 by M.J. Stivala. The top
one said.
Salamone said he
thought his irons worked
the best for him Thursday,
“I was hitting a lot of
greens and I think every
par-3, I was on the green
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“Those are two
spots that I work on with
of
my game the most and it’s
starting to pay off in the
postseason,” he said.
The postseason will con-
ed that little bit of informa-
tion for (Gregorius on
adjustments). I don’t take
credit for that. He’s the one
who did it.”
Beltran has been in 58
career playoff games for
five different teams. He got
to the World Series once, in
2013 with the St. Louis Car-
AFTERNOON
dinals when they lost to the
SATURDAY
Boston Red Sox in six
games. He was part of a
seven-game NLCS loss with
Houston in 2004 after being
traded from Kansas City to
the then-National League
Astros during that season.
The only playoff game
Beltran and McCann had
with the Yankees was a loss
there were too many stop-
pages.
“As a head coach you
always want more timeouts.
You want to have that flexi-
bility at the end of the game
to be able to help your
team,” Miami’s Erik Spoels-
tra said. “But when I’m
watching games, I want
there to be less. I do. I want
there to be less timeouts
and for the games to go a lit-
tle bit quicker, particularly
at the end. You want to just
see the action.”
All timeouts will now be
75 seconds. Full timeouts
were formerly 90 seconds.
“Before you have the little
pow-wow for a long time-
out, the coaches try to get
reacquainted and figure out
SPORTS
TIM ZYLA/STAFF PHOTO
will compete in the PIAA
wood as an individual the
result of winning the silver
medal in the district meet.
“I’m ready. I’ve been look-
ing forward to regionals for
the past week now. I am
ready to go out there and
course, I don’t have to wor-
ry about eight other scores our careers,” Anthony said. his entire career, and last
between two teams. I just
have to go out and play a
good round and I feel like
my game is at a very good
point right now where I
should be able to play well.”
The other Red Raiders’
golfers and their scores
and Walter Kalinosky and
101. Albert, the D4 AA girls
silver medalist and a senior,
PIAA Eastern Regional
girls’ tournament.
Scranton Prep won with
balance, led by Jack
Habeeb’s 81. Behind Habeeb Weatherly...................1 0 00 — 1
Hinton and Josh Villarosa
four scores were totaled for Saves: Lourdes (Reiner) 14. Weather- Shamokin Indians fell to
the team score.
“I knew that they were
good team across the
board,” Felty said. “They’re
a good program, they’re
always a good program
year in and year out.”
Felty said that, looking at
some of the Cavaliers’
“I knew we could be
the
SUNDAY
competitive if we
good day, but if we didn’t
had
have a good day, unfortu-
nately, this is what I expect- Line Mtn. ....... 1 0 — 1
ed.”
to the Astros in the 2015 AL
wild card game.
This is the sixth time
McCann has gotten to the
playoffs, the first time to a
championship series. The
catcher spent his first nine
MLB seasons with the
Braves before going to New
YorkAFTERNOON
in free agency after
SUNDAY
the 2013 season.
McCann said facing the
Yankees in his first ALCS
doesn’t make the experi-
ence any more special than
it already is.
“Both teams are filled
with some great young tal-
ent, so it’s going to be an
exciting series,” McCann
said.
where you’re going to eat
dinner,” D’Antoni joked.
“But now you’ve got to go in
and actually coach.”
Spruell said the league
didn’t get a lot of pushback
from coaches on the suggest-
ed changes, even coming
around on the resting rules.
“I’m just happy Adam Sil-
ver gave us some good
guidelines to follow when it
comes to that so we don’t
feel like we’re cheating our
fans,” Memphis coach
David Fizdale said. “That
was one good thing that
came out of the coaches’
meetings, Adam Silver’s
leadership on that.”
Player health was one
reason for the shorter pre-
season.
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Oklahoma City’s
Big Three shoots
for their 1st title
BY CLIFF BRUNT gle-season record for tri-
AP Sports Writer ple-doubles in a season with
42. But he didn’t have much
help offensively, and the
OKLAHOMA CITY —
Russell Westbrook, Carme- Thunder lost to the Hous-
lo Anthony and Paul ton Rockets in the first
George have accomplished round of the playoffs.
nearly everything in their Oklahoma City added
George in an offseason
basketball careers.
Westbrook is a two-time trade with Indiana , then
scoring champion, two-time once the possibility of
All-Star MVP and the reign- Anthony leaving New York
ing league MVP. Anthony is became real, George helped
a 10-time All-Star and three- Anthony add Oklahoma
City to his list of possible
destinations since he had a
no-trade clause in his con-
All-Star, former most
improved player award tract.
winner and an Olympic
gold medalist.
“You know, it’s awesome
to have guys that want to
None of the new Oklaho- play alongside you and
team up with you and share
a mission with you, so we
mates have an NBA title.
got right to it,” George said.
They say that is what
“The same for Russ. Those
drives this version of the
two are pretty close. We all
NBA ’s latest Big Three.
were kind of in the loop on
“It’s a different energy, a
what was going on and we
different focus, a different
made it possible.”
motivation that myself
For this union to work
have, Paul has and Russ
there will need to be sacri-
has, being that we haven’t
won a championship yet in fices, especially by Anthony.
He has been a lead scorer
It’s every NBA player’s
season, he averaged 22.4
goal, but few have what it
points. He is the No. 25 scor-
takes to win a title or are
willing to make the sacrific- er in NBA history with
es necessary to get to the top. more than 24,000 points. He
Westbrook, who recently is heading into territory
signed a reported five-year, that it took other All-Stars
$205 million extension with some time to adjust to, most
OKC, averaged a triple-dou- recently Kevin Love and
Chris Bosh.
ble last season and broke
Oscar Robertson’s sin-
SCA
FROM PAGE 11 LM — Baylee Hawk (Natalie
Scheib, Ashley Schreffler)
Wreckers. MC — Snook, 4:41 2nd
Lourdes .......................0 1 0 0— 1 Shots: Line Mountain 12. Saves:
Mifflin County (Selena Breneman) 11.
First Half
Volleyball
Weatherly — Andreuzzi, 35:41
Second Half
Lourdes — Hunter Reed, 74:34 Halifax 3, Shamokin 0
Shots: Lourdes 10, Weatherly 15.
Corners: Lourdes 3. Weatherly 5. HALIFAX — The
ly (Knepper) 9.
the Halifax Wildcats in
three sets (11-25, 11-25,
Field hockey 24-26).
MacKenzie Young had 4
Mifflin County 2, kills and Kenna Markowski
Line Mountain 1 had 9 digs for the Indians.
The Shamokin JV team
LEWISTOWN --Daphne
lost in two sets (18-25, 16-25).
Snook scored both goals to
lead Mifflin County over Pottsville 3, Lourdes 0
the Eagles in a Tri-Valley
a
League game.
Baylee Hawk scored for
POTTSVILLE — Lourdes
lost in three straight sets to
Pottsville (9-25, 16-25, 18-25).
the Eagles.
Kourtney Honicker had
Mifflin Cty. ..... 1 1 — 2 3 kills. Caroline Feese had 3
MC — Daphne Snook (Baylee Lep- aces.
ley), 22:07 1st
CHRIS J. GREGO/STAFF PHOTO
Millersburg’s Dan Youells (7) beats Line Mountain
defenseman Jordan Smith (12), scoring a goal on
this shot to make the score 4-0 early in the first
period Thursday afternoon at Line Mountain High
School.
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godwin.kelly@news-jrnl.com ken.willis@news-jrnl.com

SPEED FREAKS QUESTIONS

A few questions we
had to ask ourselves

Does Martin Truex Jr. have

to win the Cup for this
CHARLOTTE & AT T I T U D E

Compelling questions ... and

maybe a few actual answers

A win for the gamers?

to be considered a great
season? Yes, in case you missed
GODSPEAK: How about it, Alex Bowman won last
Bill Elliott in 1985? He Saturday night’s Xfinity
had 11 wins. DW got the Series race. No big deal,
trophy. Which one do you you might think, consid-
remember? ering he’s ticketed for
KEN'S CALL: 1985 was the No. 88 Cup car next
a rarity. Who won the year, and considering a
most games in baseball guy with that perceived
this season? See what I level of ability should
mean? Titles matter. win a race now and then.
Except all of Bowman’s
Is Kevin Harvick now in racing in 2017 up until
the picture? Saturday night has come
GODSPEAK: Harvick is at the wheel of a racing
getting in form at just simulator, where he
the right time. He's a helps the team configure
contender. mechanical setups from
KEN'S CALL: Can't believe the comfort of an air-con-
that before Sunday ditioned “play room.”
he hadn't had a stage
win since March. Good Does it prove his value?
time to welcome some
momentum. That'll be determined in
time. But it’s a good sign
when a guy gets in a car
C U P S TA N D I N G S Emergency personnel assist driver Kyle Busch after the Cup Series race at Charlotte. [AP/MIKE MCCARN] for the first time in 10
months and wins the race.
1. Martin Truex Jr. 3106 For what it’s worth, he
2. Kyle Larson
3. Kevin Harvick
4. Chase Elliott
3072
3069
3059
THREE THINGS WE LEARNED now has the same number
of minor-league wins
Jimmie Johnson had when
5. Denny Hamlin 3056 1. Busch, down 2. Sticky stuff 3. Who’s counting? he went full-time Cup
6. Kyle Busch 3055 racing in 2002.
7. Jimmie Johnson 3051 If Howard Cosell had called Dale Earnhardt Jr. finished 12th Martin Truex Jr. won his series-
8. Jamie McMurray 3044 Sunday’s race at Charlotte, in his last Cup Series start at leading sixth race of the season,
9. Matt Kenseth 3043 he would have looked at Kyle Charlotte and was not happy 13th of his career. “I think hon- FEUD OF THE
10. Brad Keselowski 3042 Busch after the run and said, with the traction compound estly we could be sitting with WEEK
11. Ryan Blaney 3039 “And down goes Busch!” Busch called VHT. “Everybody is worn 10,” he said. “This is racing. A
12. Ricky stumbled out of his damaged out,” he said. “What they did to lot of times things aren't going CLINT BOWYER VS. RYAN
Stenhouse Jr. 3034 No. 18 Toyota and was treated the race track and had on the to go your way. But realistically, NEWMAN: On Lap 43,
by medics on pit road. “Felt like race track, kind of all screwed I think we could have won four Newman drifted into
I had heatstroke,” he said. “I’m up, got everybody worn out.” or five more races.” the No. 14 Ford, forcing
GODWIN’S PICKS OK.” Bowyer into the Turn 2
F O R TA L L A D E G A wall. “We had a lot of
— Godwin Kelly, godwin.kelly@news-jrnl.com damage,” said Bowyer,
WINNER: Dale Earnhardt who finished 27th.
Jr. GODWIN KELLY’S TAKE:
REST OF TOP 5: Chase These guys need to talk.
Elliott, Ricky Stenhouse Newman thought it was
Jr., Martin Truex Jr., Brad
Keselowski
FIRST ONE OUT: Kyle
THREE THINGS TO WATCH Bowyer’s fault. “I’m not
sure if he hit me and
turned me on purpose or
Busch 1. Chase watch just hit me and ran out of
DARK HORSE: Jamie room,” Newman said.
McMurray Chase Elliott is so close to his
DON’T BE SURPRISED IF: first Cup Series victory, he can
Junior, making his last smell it, like dough frying at W H AT ’ S O N TA P
start in Alabama, sends the county fair. The 21-year-old
the “Earnhardt Nation” driver has an agonizing three CUP SERIES: Alabama 500
into a Talladega frenzy. second-place finishes in his SITE: Talladega Super-
past four starts. “It’s frustrat- speedway (2.66-mile
ing to run like this,” said Elliott, tri-oval)
MOTOR MOUTHS who has six career runner-up TV SCHEDULE: Friday,
PODCAST finishes. “We’re tired of running practice (NBC Sports
second. But if we keep running Network, 1 p.m. and 3
We know a few things like we are, hopefully the oppor- p.m.). Saturday, qualifying
about plates, which tunities will be there.” (NBCSN, 4 p.m.). Sunday,
qualifies us to talk about Chase Elliott get service on pit road during Sunday’s race at Charlotte race (NBC, race coverage
Talladega on this week’s 2. That’s racin’ before scoring his third second-place finish in his past four Cup Series begins at 1:30 p.m.; green
podcast. starts. [AP/MIKE MCCARN] flag, 2:15 p.m.)
Kyle Busch stormed into Char-
Tune in online at lotte riding a two-race winning groove and got myself into the leapfrogging four drivers. Now CAMPING WORLD
www.news-journal streak, then promptly stunk up fence and tore the right side off it’s on to Talladega, where he TRUCKS: Fred’s 250 Pow-
online.com/ the place with three single-car of it,” he said. has two career victories. “We ered by Coca-Cola
daytonamotormouths incidents, followed by a ride will have had a shot to win and SITE: Talladega
to the care center in an ambu- 3. McMeaningful run we will also have a good shot Superspeedway
lance. He finished 29th and to get crashed,” the 41-year-old TV SCHEDULE: Friday,
slipped from second to sixth in Jamie McMurray managed to driver said. “We will just have to practice (Fox Sports 1,
the playoff standings. “It was keep one toe in the playoff wait and see how it plays out.” noon and 2 p.m.). Satur-
my bad, just trying to get a conversation after a fifth-place day, qualifying (Fox Sports
little too much too early in the run at Charlotte. He went from — Godwin Kelly, godwin. 1, 10:30 a.m.), race (Fox,
race and got too high out of the last to eighth in playoff points, kelly@news-jrnl.com 1 p.m.)

2017 SCHEDULE AND WINNERS
Feb. 18: The Clash at Daytona (Joey Logano)
Feb. 23: Can-Am Duels at Daytona (Chase Elliott and
Denny Hamlin)
Feb. 26: Daytona 500 (Kurt Busch)
March 5: Folds of Honor Quick Trip 500 at Atlanta (Brad
Keselowski)
March 12: Kobalt 400 at Las Vegas (Martin Truex Jr.)
March 19: Good Sam 500k at Phoenix (Ryan Newman)
March 26: Auto Club 400 at Fontana (Kyle Larson)
April 2: STP 500 at Martinsville (Brad Keselowski)
April 9: O’Reilly Auto Parts 500 at Texas (Jimmie Johnson)
April 23: Food City 500 at Bristol (Jimmie Johnson)
April 30: Toyota Owners 400 at Richmond (Joey Logano)
May 7: Geico 500 at Talladega (Ricky Stenhouse Jr.)
May 13: GoBowling.com 400 at Kansas (Martin Truex Jr.)
May 20: All-Star Race at Charlotte (Kyle Busch)
May 28: Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte (Austin Dillon)
June 4: AAA 400 Drive for Autism at Dover (Jimmie
Johnson)
June 11: Axalta “We Paint Winners” 400 at Pocono (Ryan
Blaney)
June 18: FireKeepers Casino 400 at Michigan (Kyle Larson)
June 25: Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Sonoma (Kevin Harvick)
July 1: Coke Zero 400 at Daytona (Ricky Stenhouse Jr.)
July 8: Quaker State 400 at Kentucky (Martin Truex Jr.)
July 16: New Hampshire 301 at Loudon (Denny Hamlin)
July 23: Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis (Kasey Kahne)
July 30: Pennsylvania 400 at Pocono (Kyle Busch)
Aug. 6: Watkins Glen (Martin Truex Jr.)
Aug. 13: Pure Michigan 400 at Michigan (Kyle Larson)
Aug. 19: Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race at Bristol (Kyle
Busch)
Sept. 3: Southern 500 at Darlington (Denny Hamlin)
Sept. 9: Federated Auto Parts 400 at Richmond (Kyle
Larson)
Sept. 17: Chicagoland 400 (Martin Truex Jr.)
Sept. 24: New England 300 at New Hampshire (Kyle
Busch)
Oct. 1: Delaware 400 at Dover (Kyle Busch)
Oct. 7: Bank of America 500 at Charlotte (Martin Truex Jr.)
Oct. 15: Alabama 500 at Talladega
Oct. 22: Hollywood Casino 400 at Kansas
Oct. 29: Goody’s Fast Relief 500 at Martinsville
Nov. 5: AAA Texas 500 at Texas
Nov. 12: Can-Am 500k at Phoenix
Nov. 19: Ford EcoBoost 400 at Homestead
A14 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2017
World of Outlaws in area last time this year
The World of Outlaws
Craftsman Sprint Car
Series makes its final tour
of the northeast this week-
end, hitting Port Royal
Speedway Saturday night
for the “Nittany Show-
down”, then heading to
New York on Sunday night
for the “Empire State Chal-
lenge” at Weedsport Speed-
way, and then Ransomville
Speedway on Monday night
for the “The Big R
Shootout”.
With Williams Grove and
Lincoln Speedway hosting
their final shows of the 2017
season, last weekend, Port
Royal’s event will be the
only 410 sprint car show in
the central Pennsylvania
area this weekend.
The gates will swing open
at 2 p.m. Saturday and rac-
ing will get the green flag at
5 p.m. for the WoO sprint
cars and mid-Atlantic modi-
fieds. A full program of
qualifying events will lead
to the 30-lap feature with a
$10,000 paycheck awaiting
the winner.
Hanover’s Logan
Schuchart (grandson of
Bobby Allen) was the win-
ner of the 2016 event at the
Juniata County oval.
Grandview hosts NAPA
mods
World Cup
absence could
test U.S. soccer’s
mass appeal
BY NOAH TRISTER
ASSOCIATED PRESS
The 2018 World Cup will
be a unique test of soccer’s
appeal in the United States.
Will Americans still
watch if their national
team isn’t there? Fox cer-
tainly is hoping so.
The U.S. failed to qualify
for next year’s World Cup in
Russia when it lost at Trini-
dad and Tobago on Tuesday
night, and the effects of that
defeat may be felt for quite
some time. The team, and
indeed the whole U.S. Soc-
cer Federation, faces a peri-
od of soul searching — but
broadcasters, sponsors and
tournament organizers also
could feel the impact of the
Americans’ absence.
Fox, which broadcasts
next year’s World Cup,
offered only a brief state-
ment Wednesday — which
did provide some insight as
to how the network likely
will promote a World Cup
without the U.S.
“Last night’s World Cup
qualifying results do not
change FOX Sports’ passion
for the world’s biggest
sporting event,” the state-
ment said. “While the U.S.
was eliminated, the biggest
stars in the world from Lio-
nel Messi to Cristiano Ron-
aldo stamped their tickets
to Russia on the same day,
and will battle teams rang-
ing from Mexico to England
that have massive fan bases
in America.”
Fans in the U.S. are famil-
iar with stars like Messi,
Ronaldo and Neymar. Top
European club teams now
have American followings,
which suggests that soccer
in the U.S. can withstand a
short-term slump for the
national team.
An estimated 26.5 million
people in the U.S. watched
Germany’s victory over
Argentina in the 2014 World
Cup final in Brazil, and the
2018 final figures to be a
major draw as well. But a
U.S.-Portugal match in the
group stage of the 2014
tournament had 24.7 mil-
lion viewers — and that’s
the type of interest that
might be absent from earli-
er games in 2018.
“It’s going to hurt a little
bit,” said Austin Karp, an
assistant managing editor
of SportsBusiness Daily.
“You’re not going to have
any buildup there toward
the summer, with the U.S.
team playing either friend-
IN THE PITS
Grand-
view Speed-
way hosts its
final event
of the sea-
son Satur-
day, present-
ing the
JOE
NAPA Auto
KAMINSKI Parts Thun-
der on the
Hill “Mods at the Mad-
house” special, highlighted
by a 40-lap, $5,000-to- win
feature event for a small
block/big block challenge.
Plenty of the stars of the
northeast modifieds are
expected, including track
regulars Jeff Strunk, Craig
Von Dohren, Doug Man-
miller, Frank Cozze and
Duane Howard along with
invaders Billy Pauch and
Billy Pauch Jr., Rick Lau-
bach, Ryan Godown, Danny
Bouc and many others.
The sportsman and
MASS Series 305 sprint cars
will also be in action. Gates
open at 4 p.m. and racing is
slated to start at 6 while a
Sunday rain date is avail-
able, if needed.
Other Saturday night
tracks in action include
Mahoning Valley Speedway,
which will host its final
lies — or talk about how the
U.S. team is going to do, pro-
motion of the U.S. team on
Fox properties like baseball
or other spring stuff they
might have. ... The U.S.
matches were some of the
strongest audiences for
ESPN-ABC the last couple
of iterations of the tourna-
ment. The final will still be
OK.”
Fox broadcast the Wom-
en’s World Cup in 2015, but
next year will be its first
time carrying the men’s
tournament since winning
U.S. English-language
World Cup rights back in
2011. Now Fox’s 2018 tour-
nament won’t have the
Americans, and ratings for
the 2022 event in Qatar
could be affected by the fact
that it is set to be held in
November and December to
avoid the searing summer
desert heat, instead of its
usual calendar spot midway
through the year.
The U.S. team’s failure to
qualify for 2018 dented
shares of Twenty-First Cen-
tury Fox Inc. on Wednesday.
The stock fell 66 cents, or 2.5
percent, to $26.11. But con-
cerns over Fox’s outlook
may be overblown, accord-
ing to a report from Pivotal
Research Group. According
to the group’s study, the U.S.
team accounted for about 20
percent of ESPN’s total
viewing for the 2014 tourna-
ment — a significant figure
but not an overwhelming
one.
“While it might make a
difference for the lay viewer
who is only going to watch
the U.S. games, that’s just a
small subset of the total
viewing,” said Brian Wies-
er, a senior research analyst
for Pivotal Research Group.
So the show must go on
for broadcasters — and
sponsors are trying to make
the best of the situation as
well.
“Like all American soc-
cer fans, we are disappoint-
ed the team will not be par-
ticipating in the World Cup,
but still recognize the huge
growth opportunity for soc-
cer in the U.S.,” said Ricar-
do Marques, a vice presi-
dent of marketing for Bud-
weiser.
Over in Russia, mean-
while, the reaction to the
U.S. ouster was muted.
American fans have attend-
ed the World Cup in droves
recently — more than
200,000 tickets for games in
Brazil were purchased by
U.S. residents.
SPORTS/SCOREBOARD THE NEWS-ITEM, SHAMOKIN, PA
$50,000 paycheck in the Bil-
ly Whittaker Cars 200 on
Sunday for the big block
modifieds. The wins were
the 38th and 39th of 2017 for
the Waterloo, N.Y., driver.
Drag series in Texas
The NHRA Mello Yello
Drag Racing Series heads to
the Texas Motorplex this
weekend for the fourth of
six races in the Countdown
to the Championship
Chase. The Motorplex will
host the 32nd Annual AAA
Fall Nationals, as Steve Tor-
rence (Top Fuel), Ron Capps
(Funny Car), Greg Ander-
son (Pro Stock) and Eddie
Krawiec (P/S Bike) lead the
Joe Kaminski photo point standings in their
Matt Sheppard (9) of Waterloo, N.Y., duels with Big Diamond Speedway respective classes.
regular Rick Laubach of Quakertown, PA en-route to the Billy Whittaker FOX Sports1 will provide
Cars 200 Super DIRT Week win at Oswego Speedway on Sunday after- one hour of live qualifying
at 6 p.m. tonight; one hour
noon.
of qualifying at
points night of the season extreme stocks and road Championship event both
2:30 a.m. Sunday and three
for the modifieds, late mod- warriors. years. Rob Yettman contin-
hours of live eliminations
els, street stocks, dirt modi- Last week’s NAPA Auto ued his domination of the
action on Sunday after-
fieds, hobby stocks and pro Parts Super DIRT Week pro stocks, claiming his
noon, beginning at 2.
four cylinders. The Lehigh- extravaganza at Oswego fifth consecutive Super
Antron Brown (T/F),
ton area oval will also host Speedway proved to be a DIRT Week pro stock title.
Matt Hagan (F/C), Drew
a special Sunday show of rousing success, with plen- DIRTcar’s hottest driver,
Skillman (P/S) and Krawiec
Enduro racing, demo derby, ty of great racing action in Matt Sheppard, doubled up
(P/S Bike) were the win-
slingshots, champ karts all four championship divi- in the headline divisions,
ners of the 2016 event.
and micro stocks….Susque- sions. Oswego has served as claiming the Great Out-
hanna Speedway is also in the new home of Super doors RV 150 for the 358 Joe Kaminski covers
action tomorrow night with DIRT Week for the past two modifieds on Saturday area auto racing for The
the PASS/IMCA Series 305 years and Dave Marcuccilli worth $20,000 and made a News-Item.
sprint cars, limited late has won the Chevrolet Per- last lap pass of race leader,
models, street stocks, formance 75 Sportsman Peter Britten to claim the
CALENDAR
Shamokin winter sports physicals
NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
All Times EDT
AMERICAN CONFERENCE
West
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Shamokin Area is holding sports physicals for the 2017-2018 winter
sports season at 2 p.m. on October 20 in the gym lobby. Any student inter- East Seattle 3 2 0.600 110 87
W L TPct PF PA L.A. Rams 3 2 0.600 152 121
ested in playing a winter sport — basketball, wrestling, swimming or cheer-
Buffalo 3 2 0.600 89 74 Arizona 2 3 0.400 81 125
leading — are asked to pick up physical papers in the principal’s office. N.Y. Jets 3 2 0.600 92 106 San Francisco 0 5 0.000 89 120
The cost per physical is $20. New England 3 2 0.600 148 142 Thursday’s Games
Miami 2 2 0.500 41 67 Philadelphia at Carolina, 8:25 p.m.
SYBL Registration South Sunday’s Games
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(9-12). All registrations will be at the American Legion building in Shamokin Jacksonville 3 2 0.600 139 83 Cleveland at Houston, 1 p.m.
on the first floor. There is a $35 registration fee for the first child, $15 for Houston 2 3 0.400 144 130 Detroit at New Orleans, 1 p.m.
every other child. Tennessee 2 3 0.400 110 142 Miami at Atlanta, 1 p.m.
Harlem Wizards at Southern
The Southern Columbia Boys Basketball Boosters are hosting the Har-
lem Wizards at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, October 18 at the high school
Indianapolis 2 3 0.400 97 159
Pittsburgh
North
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3 2 0.600 99 89
New England at N.Y. Jets, 1 p.m.
Chicago at Baltimore, 1 p.m.
San Francisco at Washington, 1 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Arizona, 4:05 p.m.
gymnasium. Tickets purchased before the event are $11 for adults and $8 Baltimore 3 2 0.600 90 97 L.A. Rams at Jacksonville, 4:05 p.m.
Cincinnati 2 3 0.400 84 83 L.A. Chargers at Oakland, 4:25 p.m.
for children, which can be purchased at Klebon Insurance Group in Elys-
Cleveland 0 5 0.000 77 124 Pittsburgh at Kansas City, 4:25 p.m.
burg, Gentlemen’s Barber Shop in Sunbury or Brookside Nursey in Danville
from now until the day of the event. Tickets will also be available for sale
West N.Y. Giants at Denver, 8:30 p.m.
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at the door at a price of $13 for adults and $10 for children. In addition to Kansas City 5 0 01.000164111 Monday’s Games
the Wizards, who have spent over 50 years traveling and entertaining Denver 3 1 0.750 98 74 Indianapolis at Tennessee, 8:30 p.m.
crowds with a variety of basketball tricks and stunts, local athletes will Oakland 2 3 0.400 108 109 Thursday, Oct. 19
participate in the event, including; Southern boys basketball head coach L.A. Chargers 1 4 0.200 99 115 Kansas City at Oakland, 8:25 p.m.
Joey Britto, former Tiger basketball player Colin Klebon and Mount Carmel NATIONAL CONFERENCE Sunday, Oct. 22
teacher and track coach Ana Ditchey. Current players from the Tigers will East Tampa Bay at Buffalo, 1 p.m.
also be involved, including Julian Fleming, Abby Hager, Ethan Knoebel and W L TPct PF PA New Orleans at Green Bay, 1 p.m.
Jake Petro. Philadelphia 4 1 0.800 137 99 Baltimore at Minnesota, 1 p.m.
Washington 2 2 0.500 91 89 Tennessee at Cleveland, 1 p.m.
Keystone Chapter Football Officials Dallas 2 3 0.400 125 132 N.Y. Jets at Miami, 1 p.m.
Keystone Chapter Football Officials meeting dates for the rest of the N.Y. Giants 0 5 0.000 82 122 Jacksonville at Indianapolis, 1 p.m.
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Carolina 4 1 0.800 105 94 Carolina at Chicago, 1 p.m.
Independence Fire Co.
Atlanta 3 1 0.750 104 89 Dallas at San Francisco, 4:05 p.m.
New Orleans 2 2 0.500 93 78 Cincinnati at Pittsburgh, 4:25 p.m.
Tampa Bay 2 2 0.500 85 83 Seattle at N.Y. Giants, 4:25 p.m.
North Denver at L.A. Chargers, 4:25 p.m.
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Minnesota
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Monday, Oct. 23
Washington at Philadelphia, 8:30 p.m.
Chicago 1 4 0.200 78 124
Friday, October 13 Columbia-Montour Vo Tech at
Football
Jersey Shore at Shamokin, 7 p.m.
Lourdes Regional, 12:15 p.m.
Cross Country
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Danville at Southern Columbia, 7 ern Columbia at PHAC Invitational, 11 Wednesday, ALDS Game 5 DP_New York 1, Cleveland 1. LOB_New
p.m. a.m. York 6, Cleveland 4. HR_Gregorius 2 (2).
Newport at Line Mountain, 7 p.m. Field Hockey CS_Gardner (1).
Yankees 5, Indians 2 IP H R ER BB SO
Line Mountain at Bloomsburg, 11
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Oct. 13 E_A.Jackson (1), Bruce (1), R.Perez (1).
1893 — The U.S. yacht Vigilant wins the America’s Cup with a three-race sweep over
the British challenger Valkyrie II.
1903 — The Boston Pilgrims win the first World Series, 5 games to 3, with a 3-0 victory
over the Pittsburgh Pirates.
1947 — The NHL holds its first All-Star game with the All-Stars beating the Toronto NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
Maple Leafs 4-3.
1960 — Bill Mazeroski opens the bottom of the ninth with a home run off Ralph Terry of All Times EDT Detroit at Arizona, 10 p.m.
the New York Yankees to give the Pittsburgh Pirates a 10-9 victory and the World Series EASTERN CONFERENCE Buffalo at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.
championship. Atlantic Division Friday’s Games
1961 — Jacky Lee of the Houston Oilers passes for 457 yards and two touchdowns in GP W L OT Pts GF GA Washington at New Jersey, 7 p.m.
a 31-31 tie with the Boston Patriots. Charley Hennigan of the Oilers catches 13 passes for Toronto 4 3 1 0 6 22 16 N.Y. Rangers at Columbus, 7 p.m.
272 yards. Tampa Bay 4 3 1 0 6 18 15 Anaheim at Colorado, 9 p.m.
1963 — Mickey Wright wins her fourth LPGA championship in six years by beating Mary Florida 3 2 1 0 4 13 11 Ottawa at Calgary, 9 p.m.
Lena Faulk, Mary Mills and Louise Suggs by two strokes. Detroit 3 2 1 0 4 87 Detroit at Vegas, 10:30 p.m.
1985 — Phil Simms of the New York Giants passes for 513 yards with an NFL-record 62 Ottawa 3 1 0 2 4 89 Saturday’s Games
pass attempts in a 35-30 loss to the Cincinnati Bengals. Simms completes 40 passes with Boston 3 1 2 0 2 713 Washington at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
29 for first downs, also an NFL record. Montreal 4 1 3 0 2 513 Florida at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.
1998 — For the first time in NBA history, the league cancels regular season games after Buffalo 3 0 2 1 1 715 St. Louis at Tampa Bay, 7 p.m.
labor talks break off. Metropolitan Division Carolina at Winnipeg, 7 p.m.
2001 — DeShaun Foster of UCLA runs for a school-record 301 yards and four touch- GP W L OT Pts GF GA Toronto at Montreal, 7 p.m.
downs as the Bruins beat Washington 35-13. New Jersey 3 3 0 0 6 16 6 New Jersey at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m.
2001 — Georgia Southern fullback Adrian Peterson is held to 71 yards rushing, snapping Washington 4 2 1 1 5 16 12 Colorado at Dallas, 8 p.m.
his NCAA-record streak of 36 straight regular-season games with at least 100 yards. Pittsburgh 5 2 2 1 5 16 22 Columbus at Minnesota, 8 p.m.
2011 — American Jordyn Wieber wins another gold medal, beating Russia’s Viktoria Columbus 3 2 1 0 4 86 Nashville at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.
Komova for the all-around title at the world gymnastics championships in Tokyo. Wieber, Philadelphia 4 2 2 0 4 13 13 Boston at Arizona, 9 p.m.
who led the Americans to the team title two days earlier, finishes with 59.382 points, just Carolina 2 1 0 1 3 66 Calgary at Vancouver, 10 p.m.
0.033 ahead of the Russian. N.Y. Islanders 4 1 2 1 3 10 14 Ottawa at Edmonton, 10 p.m.
2013 — Kenya’s Dennis Kimetto, six weeks removed from a bout of malaria, breaks the N.Y. Rangers 4 1 3 0 2 10 15 N.Y. Islanders at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.
course mark in capturing the Chicago Marathon. Kimetto finishes in 2 hours, 3 minutes, WESTERN CONFERENCE Buffalo at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.
45 seconds, leading a 1-2-3 finish for Kenyan men. He beats the mark of 2:04:38 set by Central Division Sunday’s Games
Ethiopia’s Tsegaye Kebede last year. GP W L OT Pts GF GA Boston at Vegas, 7 p.m.
St. Louis 5 4 1 0 8 17 14 Buffalo at Anaheim, 9 p.m.
Chicago 4 3 0 1 7 21 7 N.Y. Islanders at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.
Colorado 4 3 1 0 6 15 9
Nashville 4 2 2 0 4 13 14 Lightning 5, Penguins 4
Winnipeg 3 1 2 0 2 10 15
Pittsburgh 1 21—4
TRANSACTIONS Dallas
Minnesota
4 1 3 0
2 0 1 1
2 812
1 69
Tampa Bay 2 30—5
Pacific Division
First Period_1, Tampa Bay, Koekkoek
BASEBALL NBA — Named Air Force Lt. Gen. GP W L OT Pts GF GA
1 (Stralman, Kunitz), 6:07. 2, Pittsburgh,
American League Michelle D. Johnson senior vice president Guentzel 2 (Rust, Letang), 13:46. 3, Tampa
Vegas 3 3 0 0 6 94
Bay, Hedman 1 (Killorn, Kucherov), 19:59
TEXAS RANGERS — Purchased the and head of referee operations. Calgary 4 3 1 0 6 12 9
Hickory Crawdads (SAL). LOS ANGELES LAKERS — Signed F Los Angeles 3 2 0 1 5 95
(pp).
American Association Travis Wear. Second Period_4, Tampa Bay, Stamkos
Anaheim 4 2 1 1 5 10 11
1 (Killorn, Namestnikov), 3:49 (pp). 5,
KANSAS CITY T-BONES — Released INF FOOTBALL Vancouver 2 1 0 1 3 55
Paul Hendrix. National Football League Edmonton 3 1 2 0 2 78
Pittsburgh, Sheary 3 (Ruhwedel, Niemi),
Can-Am League CINCINNATI BENGALS — Placed TE 8:58. 6, Tampa Bay, Kucherov 4 (Coburn,
Arizona 3 0 2 1 1 712
Killorn), 9:49. 7, Pittsburgh, Rust 1 (Guentzel,
ROCKLAND BOULDERS — Released LHP Tyler Eifert on injured reserve. San Jose 2 0 2 0 0 49
Liarvis Breto. NEW YORK GIANTS — Signed CB Donte NOTE: Two points for a win, one point
Maatta), 14:24 (pp). 8, Tampa Bay, Koekkoek
Frontier League Deayon from the practice squad and CB 2 (Johnson, Killorn), 17:55.
for overtime loss. Top three teams in each
Third Period_9, Pittsburgh, Hunwick 1
FLORENCE FREEDOM — Signed INF Brandon Dixon to the practice squad. division and two wild cards per conference
Kameron Stewart. SOCCER advance to playoffs.
(McKegg, Kessel), 10:01.
GATEWAY GRIZZLIES — Signed C Major League Soccer Shots on Goal_Pittsburgh 12-16-12_40.
Wednesday’s Games
Tampa Bay 16-12-6_34.
Jhonniel Alvarez-Mendoza. ATLANTA UNITED — Promoted Paul New Jersey 6, Toronto 3
LAKE ERIE CRUSHERS — Signed manag- McDonough vice president of soccer Pittsburgh 3, Washington 2
Power-play opportunities_Pittsburgh 1 of
er Cameron Roth to a contract extension. operations and signed him to a contract 5; Tampa Bay 2 of 5.
Colorado 6, Boston 3
Goalies_Pittsburgh, Niemi 0-2-0 (34
NORMAL CORNBELTERS — Traded 1B extension through March, 2022. Anaheim 3, N.Y. Islanders 2
Aaron Dudley to Somerset (Atlantic) for COLLEGE Calgary 4, Los Angeles 3, OT
shots-29 saves). Tampa Bay, Vasilevskiy
future considerations. BARUCH — Named Michael Kotrozos 3-1-0 (40-36).
Thursday’s Games
A_19,092 (19,092). T_2:41.
RIVER CITY RASCALS — Signed INF assistant women’s basketball coach. Tampa Bay 5, Pittsburgh 4
Taylor Love, LHP Jonny Ortiz and RHP EMORY & HENRY — Named Tamara Florida 5, St. Louis 2
Referees_Tim Peel, Justin St Pierre.
Tanner Wilt to contract extensions. Signed Brewster assistant women’s basketball Linesmen_Greg Devorski, Steve Miller.
RHPs Logan Fanning and Joe Iorio and LHP
Nashville 4, Dallas 1
coach. Minnesota at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.
Zach Johnson. TEXAS RIO GRANDE VALLEY — Named Winnipeg at Vancouver, 10 p.m.
BASKETBALL Bryan Novoa women’s golf coach.
National Basketball Association
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Classic fall: Indians’ Series hopes dashed by early exit

BY TOM WITHERS
ASSOCIATED PRESS
CLEVELAND — The stinging loss still
too fresh to process, outfielder Michael
Brantley worked his way around the sol-
emn, shocked clubhouse and hugged some
new Indians teammates and ones he’s
played with for years.
The emotion was raw, not like in 2016,
when broken hearts were filled with pride
following an extra-inning loss in Game 7 of
the World Series.
It hurt more this time.
Josh Tomlin’s eyes welled with tears as
he searched for words to explain what had
happened. None ever came.
October, the month when champion-
ships are seized or squandered, was cal-
lous to Cleveland once more.
“I’m not really sure how you get over
something like this,” Tomlin said after the
Indians were pitched from the postseason
with a 5-2 loss to the New York Yankees on
Wednesday night in Game 5 of the AL
Division Series. “I’m not really sure I’m
over last year, either. The only way to get
over something like this is to go out there
and win, and that’s not what happened.”
What happened was the Indians didn’t
hit, didn’t pitch and, like last year, didn’t
deliver a knockout punch while giving up a
two-game lead in the postseason. It’s an
unforgiveable sin, and sadly, one Cleveland
teams have repeated.
Since 1999, the Indians are 3-17 in
series-clinching games, an unconscionable
BASEBALL
record in the most consequential month.
In the past two years, Cleveland has lost six
consecutive games — three with a chance
to win their first Series since 1948, and now
three to the Yankees — with a chance to
close out a series and is 2-8 in those games
under manager Terry Francona.
It’s somewhat unfair to label a team this
successful as chokers, but they’ve done
nothing to dispel that tag.
“It’s baseball,” said Brantley, whose per-
sonal comeback season was disrupted by
another injury. “Nothing matters after the
regular season is over. The goal is to win
three games. We came up short. They’re a
great team over there. We’ve got to give
credit where credit’s due. They beat us. We
just need to make sure we come back stron-
ger, mentally, physically and just prepare
to get back in this situation again.”
Nothing is guaranteed. Nothing is prom-
ised.
The Indians won 102 games in the regu-
lar season, strung together the AL’s longest
winning streak in 116 years and entered
the postseason as the league’s top seed in a
four-week tournament where the madness
can match anything that happens in
March.
The postseason will go without them.
“It absolutely stinks,” said closer Cody
Allen. “It’s like you’re a kid and you go to
the amusement park and you stay for 10
minutes and you have to leave.”
The sudden exit was quickly followed by
DAVID DERMER/AP PHOTO
Cleveland Indians manager Terry
Francona signals the bullpen as he
comes out of the dugout to pull start-
ing pitcher Corey Kluber during
Game 5 of baseball’s American
League Division Series against the
New York Yankees in Cleveland.
questions about Corey Kluber’s health. An
18-game winner, the expected Cy Young
winner and the AL’s best pitcher from
April through September, Kluber was ordi-
nary in October. Actually, he wasn’t that
good.
Kluber didn’t get the past the fourth
inning in either start against the Yankees,
and after downplaying the idea that the
right-hander’s tricky back might be both-
ering him again, Francona said the ace
was “fighting a lot” on the mound.
In hindsight, Francona’s decision not to
start Kluber in Game 1 may have been a
warning sign. Francona’s explanation at
the time was that he wanted Kluber in case
there was a Game 5, but that reasoning
went against everything the revered man-
ager had preached all season, evoking his
“win today” mantra ad nauseum.
But while Francona may be getting sec-
ond-guessed, the bottom line is that Cleve-
land’s best players didn’t delivers.
Kluber posted a 12.79 ERA and gave up
four homers in 6 1-3 innings. All-Star short-
stop Francisco Lindor and MVP candidate
Jose went a combined 4 for 38 in the series,
often flailing at pitches out of the strike
zone. Jason Kipnis didn’t hit, Edwin
Encarnacion missed two games with a
sprained ankle and no one else stepped up.
While Lindor and Ramirez represent the
team’s youthful core, the Indians have
major offseason decisions to make with
some important veterans like Brantley,
Tomlin and first baseman Carlos Santana.
Jay Bruce, whose acquisition in an August
trade made the club stronger, will hit the
free agent market as will dependable
relievers Bryan Shaw and Joe Smith.
Brantley’s situation is the most delicate.
The team has a $12 million contract option
on the 30-year-old for 2018, and must weigh
whether he’s worth it after being limited to
101 games over the past two seasons
because of injuries.

Oklahoma St. subpoenaed for detailed

communications with key players
BY CLIFF BRUNT
ASSOCIATED PRESS
OKLAHOMA CITY— Federal pros-
ecutors seeking more information
about the involvement of Oklahoma
State basketball in a wider corruption
scandal have asked the school to
detail its communications with three
key players in the investigation, as
AP Photo well as players and their parents.
A grand jury subpoena provided to
In this file photo, Houston Texans defensive end
the Associated Press on Thursday
J.J. Watt (99) is helped off the field after an injury
asks Oklahoma State to produce all
during the first half of an NFL football game
communications between any mem-
against the Kansas City Chiefs in Houston.
ber of the school’s coaching or athlet-
ic staff and former sports agent
Christian Dawkins, financial adviser
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
with numerous coaches and others in
basketball to get evidence of bribery.
The school provided the subpoena
to The Associated Press after a public
records request. The Oklahoman first
reported the subpoena’s existence on
Wednesday.
The subpoena, filed by federal pros-
ecutors in New York, requests the per-
sonnel file of fired assistant coach
Lamont Evans, plus NCAA certifica-
tion forms for all players on the cur-
rent team. It also asks for all docu-
ments regarding actual or potential
NCAA rules violations and records of
all communications between the ath-
the school had hired a compliance
group to assist with an internal
review, and that the school is cooper-
ating with U.S. authorities.
Oklahoma State coach Mike Boyn-
ton said last week the situation sur-
prised him.
“No, I never had any suspicions,”
he said. “I was as shocked as anyone
when this happened. I learned of it
just like probably many of you did,
by opening Twitter.”
When the initial allegations
against Evans were announced, Okla-
homa State athletic director Mike
Holder said he expects better from
people involved with the program.

Some injuries Martin Blazer and investment adviser

Munish Sood.
Dawkins and Sood are accused of
funneling money to coaches and par-
letic department and current players
and parents of current players.
The prosecutors are seeking infor-
mation from cellphones, tablets, lap-
“The allegations are serious and
they violate everything we stand for
as an athletic department and univer-
sity,” Holder said. “We will cooperate

hurt more ents to convince players to align with

them if they turned pro. Blazer had
participated in similar activities and
tops, desktop computers, phones,
emails, social media accounts and
other types of communication.
with federal officials and coordinate
with the NCAA as we move forward
with looking into this matter to the
fullest extent. Let me underscore, we

than others
BY BARRY WILNER
AP Pro Football Writer
Next man up.
That’s the mantra heard
throughout the NFL when
players go down. It’s almost
a tired cliche now because,
in nearly every case, the
next man up isn’t equal to
the one who just left.
Oh, sure, folks can point
to Tom Brady stepping in
for Drew Bledsoe in 2001.
That’s as rare as a smile
from Bill Belichick.
Nothing positive results
from NFL teams losing big
stars to major injuries. No
offense can be prepared to
be without an Odell Beck-
ham Jr. long term. No
defense can have a true
backup plan to replace a J.J.
Watt .
Yet that’s what’s going on
in far too many pro football
cities.
With only 16 regular-sea-
son games per team, oppor-
tunities to watch special
on-field talents are limited
enough. Then, when the
vagaries of injury hit, the
entire dynamic of a team
changes.
It’s difficult enough when
any starter goes down.
When several do — particu-
larly at one position, as hit
the Giants’ receiving group
or the Texans’ pass rushers
— the chances of recover-
ing are slim.
Even worse, perhaps, the
attention paid to those
teams by their fans severely
diminishes.
At least in Houston,
there’s the excitement
being created by rookie
quarterback Deshaun Wat-
son.
But that’s a lot of extra
pressure to put on a young-
ster at that position; with
Watt, Whitney Mercilus
and the suspended Brian
Cushing absent.
In the Big Apple, Giants
fans are taking the
began cooperating with authorities in Evans is accused of accepting
2014. He pleaded guilty last month to $2,000 a month in bribes to funnel ath- expect every person affiliated with
fraud and other crimes. According to letes to certain agents, and that trig- our athletic program to conduct
the complaints, Blazer worked with gered fallout. Oklahoma State spokes- themselves with integrity and to
federal officials to set up meetings man Gary Shutt said last week that comply with the rules and the law.”
NFL
approach Jets fans had
heading into the season.
They’re wondering if
their team can lose enough
games to secure a high
enough draft pick to select a
top prospect at quarterback
for when Eli Manning is
through.
And elsewhere in the
nation, viewers are ques-
tioning why they are stuck
with the mismatch of the
Giants at the Broncos on
Sunday night.
That’s what these types
of significant, long-range
injuries do.
“It’s unfortunate,” Tex-
ans coach Bill O’Brien says.
“You feel for the guys when
they get injured: J.J. (and)
Whitney missing a year
after all the time they put
in.
“But at the end of the day
there’s a big but there ... the
train keeps moving. It’s not
going to be one guy that
takes their spot. It’s going to
be multiple guys, it’s going
to be schematic, it’s going to
be a unified effort to make
up for the loss of them, but
it’s definitely something
that you have to move for-
ward with ...”
In other words, don’t do
what longtime ESPN broad-
caster Chris Berman used
to always advise, and “circle
the wagons.”
Except that the Giants
don’t have much choice in
what might be their most
disappointing season since
Bill Parcells left.
They had expectations of
a second straight season in
the playoffs, this time by
winning the NFC East.
Generally, that was the
outlook from outside the
organization.
Who knew that a medio-
cre offensive line the team
counted on improving
would regress?
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BIZARRO DUSTIN

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THE PHANTOM

Dear abby
Clerk gets lesson in privacy
from owner of a service dog
Jeanne Phillips

Dear Abby: Yesterday I was in a retail
store with my service dog. The clerk
asked me what kind of service dog she
was and I replied, “She’s my service dog.”
She kept pressing me as to exactly why
I have one, so I asked her if she was
inquiring about my disability. When she
said, “Yes,” I politely informed her that
federal HIPAA laws protect my right to pri-
vacy. She then said — loud enough for
everyone in the store to hear — “I don’t
know what the big deal is. I just want to
know what the dog does for you.”
Please let your readers know how to
be around a person and their service
animal:
1. You do not have the right to ask
about the person’s disability. To do so is
rude. Most people prefer strangers not
know their medical condition. The dog
may be for PTSD, a hearing or seeing
dog, or to alert the person to a medical
emergency.
2. Children (and adults) need to under-
stand that when service animals’ jackets
go on, the dogs know it’s time to go to
“work,” and they take their job seriously.
At that point, they are not pets and should
not be treated as such. If a child rushes
a service dog, the animal may react badly
because it is there to protect its person.
3. You may ask to pet the dog, but don’t
assume it will be allowed. If given permis-
sion, the dog should be scratched under
the chin only.
Service animals know their place. It’s a
shame that most people are not as po-
lite. — None Of Your Business
DEAR N.O.Y.B.: Thank you for sharing
this information. According to the Amer-
icans With Disabilities Act website (ada.
gov): “Businesses may ask if an animal
is a service animal or ask what tasks the
animal has been trained to perform, but
cannot require special ID cards for the an-
imal or ask about the person’s disability.”
Dear Abby: I have been friends with a SHOE
woman for the last 30 years. Our children
are the same age. My daughter, who is
in her late 20s, has a number of tattoos
on her arm that she can cover with cloth-
ing if she chooses. However, she doesn’t
cover them often because she likes them
and they mean something to her.
Recently, I showed my friend a picture
of my daughter that showed one of the
tattoos on her upper arm. My friend said,
“Oh, I am so sorry about the tattoo,” and
proceeded to cover the tattoo with her
hand, implying that my daughter would
be attractive if it weren’t for the body art.
I was shocked. BABY BLUES
I have always been supportive of my
friend’s children and have never criti-
cized any of them, even though I haven’t
agreed with everything they have done. I
was so hurt by her comment that I was
speechless. I’m not sure I can continue
the relationship feeling this way. But I’m
hesitant to lose a 30-year friendship over
something I might be overblowing. Am
I being too sensitive? How do I resolve
this? — Completely Thrown By This
Dear Thrown: For a friendship of 30
years to end over one thoughtless com-
ment would be sad for both of you. Some- MUTTS
times people say things without thinking,
and this is an example. Resolve your
feelings by talking to her in person and
telling her how deeply hurt you were by
what she said. It will give her the chance
to apologize and make amends.

YOUR HOROSCOPE
BY JACQUELINE BIGAR
A baby born today has a Sun in Libra and a Moon in Leo.
Happy birthday for Friday, Oct. 13, 2017!
The stars show the kind of day you’ll have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3-Av-
erage; 2-So-So; 1-Difficult. SNUFFY SMITH
ARIES (March 21-April 19) — (4stars) You are full of energy, which makes
you more vulnerable to fighting or becoming impatient. Focus on making an
adjustment at home. You might have a lot of options, but don’t feel as if you
need to push yourself to make a fast decision. Tonight: Celebrate the weekend.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — (4 stars) You seem to be focused on a
loved one or a potential sweetie. You could feel pushed by others and
by familial obligations. You have a caring attitude that attracts others’
attention and sometimes devotion. Someone you care about dominates
the day. Tonight: Head home first.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — (5 stars) Keep expressing your views about
what you expect from another person. Your gentle nature mixes well with your
intellectual side. Don’t hesitate to show off your skills right now. You seem to
have a lot of energy. Focus your abilities accordingly. Tonight: Chat away.
CANCER (June 21-July 22) — (3 stars) Be careful with your spending, es-
pecially since you might want to spruce up your image. Try not to do any wild
GARFIELD
spending or go overboard in any way. Your creativity comes out, no matter what
you are doing. Others will seek your feedback. Tonight: Get into the moment.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — (4 stars) Your charisma and energy soar to
new heights, making it easier for you to share your ideas with a room-
mate or loved one. You might be prepared to open up a personal situa-
tion. How you see this matter could change significantly as you opt for a
valid answer. Tonight: Be enthusiastic.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — (3 stars) You could feel out of kilter. Give your-
self several days to recover and get back on track. You have been dealing
with strong energy lately, which could have manifested itself emotionally and/or
physically. Find a way to let off some steam. Tonight: Not to be found.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — (4 stars) You feel upbeat and energized. Make
sure you clear out as much work as possible. Reach out to a close friend or
loved one, and you will feel very content as a result. Express your willingness to HAGAR
open up and do more sharing. Tonight: Join a friend for dinner at a favorite spot.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — (4 stars) With Jupiter in your sign, what-
ever you opt to do will prove to be successful. Though this planet can pro-
vide wisdom, it also can encourage overindulgence and good luck. You
might see the benefits of this today. Admirers seem to be everywhere.
Tonight: Out and about.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — (3 stars) You could experience
some ups and downs for a while, but in the end you will land well. Let
go of your anxiety. You will pleased with the results, even though it might
take a while. Trust your intuition. Make more of an effort to pursue your
desires. Tonight: Opt for the unusual.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — (4 stars) A loved one might opt to
share some important details with you. You’ll need to work with this
person, especially if the matter in question involves finances, a major life
decision and/or a strong premonition. Go with the flow as you seek more B E E T L E B A I L EY
information. Tonight: Be near music.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — (4 stars) You might want to perform
to the max and complete some work. A loved one could interfere, as he
or she seems to be in weekend mode already. Go with the flow, and you
will be happier as a result. Know that you can’t please everyone all the
time. Tonight: Say “yes.”
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) — (3 stars) Get more involved with cer-
tain elements of your daily life. A new interest could be evolving, which
you might want to share with others. Relax more with your co-workers
and loved ones. Better understanding between you will prove to be an
asset. Tonight: Out and about.
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Community
Calendar
F RIDAY , O CT . 13
SHAMOKIN — Alcoholics
Anonymous, Shamokin-Coal
Township, noon to 1 p.m. daily,
7:30 to 8:30 p.m., every Friday,
block building, front of Coal
Township Police Station, rear
entrance.
MOUNT CARMEL — Alcohol-
ics Anonymous meeting, noon
and 7 p.m. daily, third floor, old
school building, Fourth and Vine
streets.
COAL TOWNSHIP — Sean Baker is one excep-
Shamokin Survivors, St. John’s
UMC church hall, 1211 W. Arch
St., 8 to 9:30 p.m.
MOUNT CARMEL — Miracles
Happen, St. Steven’s Center for
Ministry, 43 W. Fourth St., 8 to
9:30 p.m.
SHAMOKIN — Oak Grove
United Methodist Church, Mar-
ley Road, will be holding “Light
The Night,” from 5:30 to 7:30
p.m. Sunday. Games, refresh-
ments, hayride. Fun for all ages.
SHAMOKIN — St. John’s UCC
serving homemade Welsh Fag-
ots, $6/half dozen, $12/dozen.
Pickup between 10 a.m. and 12
p.m. To place an order, call 570-
648-0844 or 570-644-1598.
Deadline for orders is Friday, Oct.
20.
SATURDAY, OCT. 14
ELYSBURG — Pet Blessing
Service, 9 a.m., parking lot,
Elysburg United Methodist
Church, 171 W. Center St. All
pets welcome.
KULPMONT — Kulpmont
Wine Festival, noon to 6 p.m.,
Holy Angels picnic grounds
(behind church), 855 Fir St.
Supporting the Ronald McDon-
ald House and MCA ThinkBIG
in campaigns to fight cancer.
Gates open for VIP ticket hold-
ers, 11 a.m., general admis-
sion, noon. Parking available,
RAMP field, free shuttle ser-
vice.
MOUNT CARMEL — Display
of firefighting apparatus for
Fire Prevention Week, 10 a.m.
to 2 p.m., Boyer’s Food Market,
parking lot, Third Street. All wel-
come.
HERNDON — Urban Folk Day,
7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., St. Paul’s
United Church of Christ, 1473
Urban Road. Live music, food,
crafts, demonstrators, antique
cars, Civil War encampment
and hayrides.
TREVORTON — Trevorton Fall
Festival, noon to 6 p.m., Trev-
orton Community Park. Parade
forms, 10 a.m., steps off, 11
a.m. from VFW. Fireworks, dusk.
Red Devil 5K Race, 8 a.m.
SHAMOKIN — Free clothing
giveaway, Seventh Street Primi-
tive Methodist Church, 10 a.m.
to 2 p.m. Bring your own bags.
Men’s, women’s, boys and girls
clothing and shoes, many siz-
es.
ATLAS — Mount Carmel
Township food pantry distribu-
tion, 9 to 11 a.m., township
complex.
SHAMOKIN — Whoopie pie
order pick up, Fall Bazaar, First
United Methodist Church, Sun-
bury and Ninth streets, 8 a.m.
to 1 p.m. Extras available for
walk-ins.
KULPMONT — 2017 Public
Square Rosary Crusade to pray
for America, starts noon, Holy
Angels Church, 855 Scott St.
For information, contact Joann
Shinskie, 570-373-1355 or
Holy Angels Parish, (570)373-
1221.
DANVILLE — Free trains
program, Christ Memorial Epis-
copal Church, Pine and East
Market streets. Free classes
for children and adults, Satur-
days 10 a.m. to noon. Dozens
of trains.
DOOGIES PIZZERIA
500 S. Market St., Shamokin • 570-644-2414
2 Jumbo Pizzas .....$20.99+tax
Mon - Thurs: 3 PM - 10 PM
Fri - Sat: 11 AM - 11 PM
Sunday: 3 PM - 9 PM
FREE LOCAL
DELIVERY!
BUS TRIP
Hershey Bear vs
WBS Penguins
at Giant Center
Sun. Dec. 3
Cost: $40 per person
includes, bus ride & game ticket
BYOB
Sponsored by:
KofC Casey Club
For more info call:
570-648-8942
or 570-492-3952
Please bring stuffed
animals for the
Teddy Bear toss
ENTERTAINMENT FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2017 A17
Hollywood movie on poverty bucks trend
BY STEPHANIE MERRY
THE WASHINGTON POST
mission on Homelessness,
the movie is important not
just because it depicts char-
Some of the best movies
in history have dealt with
acters without stable hous-
ing, but because it shows
characters who were just
the non-stereotypical side
barely scraping by — “Bicy-
of a nationwide epidemic.
cle Thieves” and “The
This isn’t about the physi-
Grapes of Wrath,” “Mid-
cally or mentally ill mid-
night Cowboy” and “Mod-
dle-aged man living under a
ern Times.” But filmmak-
bridge.
ers today tend to avert their
“It’s what I call our tsuna-
eyes from the horrors of
mi of homelessness,” she
financial hardship. Super-
said over the phone recent-
hero stories are just more
ly. “It’s the group that,
photogenic.
across the country, we’re
not doing a very good job of
tion. He gravitates toward
figuring out how to stabi-
overlooked subjects, such as
lize.”
the black transgender pros-
According to a recent JP
titutes at the center of his
Morgan Chase study, in
acclaimed low-budget mar-
Florida alone, there are
vel “Tangerine” in 2015. His
72,000 homeless school-age
latest feature, the raptur-
children, which doesn’t
ously received “The Florida
even account for those
Project,” is about homeless-
younger than 5, Lauten MARC SCHMIDT, A24 FILMS
ness, and could be a blue-
said incredulously. That Moonee, a precocious 6-year-old girl, played by Brooklynn Prince, lives
print for filmmakers who
includes kids whose fami- with her mother, Halley (Bria Vinaite), in a community of extended-stay
want to explore social
lies are living doubled up motel guests in pastel-streaked Kissimmee, Florida.
issues because of the savvy
or staying at motels like
way it’s captivating audi- hearted but long-suffering after a recent preview of comedy, and I saw that it
the one in the movie.
ences: It may be the most manager (played by a tran- screening. Homelessness is had a great effect — it
Although the reasons that
joyful movie about poverty scendent Willem Dafoe). a tragedy, but a movie about reached a larger audience,”
families end up in this sit-
ever screened. “These are the rooms it doesn’t have to be. he said during a recent visit
uation vary, it usually goes
That’s because it’s told we’re not supposed to go Baker had wanted to to The Washington Post
back to economic instabili-
from the perspective of in,” Moonee mischievously make “The Florida Project” offices alongside Prince and
ty. Many of the parents
Moonee, played by 7-year- tells a new friend, before since 2011 when his co-writ- Vinaite. “People were say-
work, but they simply
old Brooklynn Prince. squealing, “but let’s go in er, Chris Bergoch, told him ing, ‘Oh I loved laughing
don’t make enough to
Moonnee and her mother,
afford housing. anyways!” about hidden homelessness. with (the main characters)
Halley (Bria Vinaite), live in All the while the children In the meantime, the pair Alexandra and Sin-Dee so
In the movie, Halley can’t
the purple-painted Magic are naive to the dangers made “Tangerine,” which much that I fell in love with
find a job so, to make ends
Castle motel, a stone’s around them, including the became known as “that them, and now I’m con-
meet, she buys perfume
throw from Disney World, creepy guy hanging around movie shot on an iPhone,” cerned about the real trans
from a wholesaler and sells
and they’re part of Flori- nearby and the fast-moving but it was so much more: a women of color who resort
it outside a swanky nearby
da’s hidden homeless popu- traffic on the highway just kinetic, farcical romantic to the underground econo-
resort. Moonnee and her
lation — people who don’t beyond their temporary comedy set on the seedier my.’”
friends, meanwhile, go
have prospects for perma- home. They’re none the streets of Los Angeles. Bak- In other words, “Tanger-
searching for fun while stir-
nent housing so they resort wiser that their parents are er has a habit of making ine,” like “The Florida Proj-
ring up trouble. They run to
to couch surfing with rela- getting into fistfights about movies about characters ect,” was an issue film
a pasture and moo at cows
tives or find other tempo- adult problems that kids who are overlooked by oth- dressed up as offbeat enter-
and have spitting contests.
rary alternatives. That can’t yet understand. er filmmakers, not to men- tainment. They’re meant to
They wander into aban-
means, statistically, they The world is simply a fun tion society at large. open our eyes to the travails
doned buildings and cajole
often aren’t counted as place to be. He’s glad he made “Tan- of neglected Americans liv-
strangers into buying them
homeless. “When there’s no gerine” first because it ing on the fringes, even if
ice cream. Occasionally
According to Shelley moment of levity in a mov- inspired an epiphany. Baker insists, “I don’t have
they drop by the motel’s
Lauten, the chief executive ie, I don’t believe it,” Baker “I make dramedies, but the answers. I’m just posing
main office where they ter-
of the Central Florida Com- said by way of explanation ‘Tangerine’ really has a lot questions.”
rorize Bobby, the tender-
‘South Park’ airs a brutal spoof of Facebook, Zuckerberg
BY MICHAEL CAVNA
THE WASHINGTON POST
Even for “South Park,” Wednes-
day evening’s episode had a dizzy-
ing array of satiric targets.
Facebook. Netflix. Putin. Wein-
stein. Big-box stores. And the
sprawling commerce of superhero
film universes.
All were intertwined in the
“Franchise Prequel” episode that
is building to a “The Fractured
But Whole” arc tied to the Oct. 17
release of the “South Park” game
of the same name.
And at the root of it all, as usual,
is how much more often the chil-
dren in the Matt Stone/Trey Park-
er universe display (at least mod-
erate) critical-thinking skills than
those gullible, mucking-it-up COMEDY CENTRAL
adults. “South Park” skewers Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, with Professor Chaos by his side.
The kids’ Coon and Friends
superhero team — which includes of a failed Circuit City, is “doing ability” to separate fact from fic- is apprehended, his punishment
low-tech creations like Toolshed, what Facebook was designed to tion online. Yet it’s the grown-ups involves a trip to see Russian lead-
Tupperware and the Human Kite do”: Sow wild online lies to tear at who are easily duped. Based on er Vladimir Putin, here a master
— are ostensibly just playing. But the very fabric of society. fake news they read on their Face- of exploiting platforms for fake
in the 21st century, their comic Coon and Friends reach the book feeds, they believe their kids political news.
role-playing means trying to build point of desperation when such capable of acts so twisted that Meanwhile, the kid superheroes
their own elaborate cinematic uni- lies scuttle their series project Coon and Friends deflect by say- must correct the boneheaded mis-
idea, even at the streaming-service ing they’re “not Harvey Wein- take of their elders by physically
verse like Marvel (with nods to
offices where the phones are stein.” And the parents blindly taking out “Mark Zuckerberg.”
“Civil War” on the horizon) — or
answered: “Netflix, you’re green- call in the services of Facebook The episode brilliantly sends up
at least selling their superhero
project to Netflix, because “they lit!” founder Mark Zuckerberg, a wide swath of online behavior
The theme of the episode is unaware that the character who even as its spoof of digital dot-
will literally buy anything (people)
pitch them.” “fake news” and flawed content, as shows up is an awkwardly robotic ard-age works in service of pro-
the parents of “South Park” worry figure who’d be at home in “Drag-
Spoiler: The superheroes are moting a digital game.
fighting Professor Chaos (Butters), that social media is corrupting on Ball Z.” And that might be the most
whose team, working out of a shell their kids, who “lack the cognitive Once Professor Chaos/Butters devishly brilliant twist of all.
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PUBLIC AUCTION
49 South First St., Shamokin, PA 17872
Saturday October 14, 2017 at 9:00 AM
This auction consists of many primitive, farm and other antiques and collectibles.
There is an abundance of items and more is being added daily.
ANTIQUES/COLLECTIBLES
Mining Lamps, Blasting Boxes, Blasting Cable Reel, Coal Screens, Coal Buckets, Lanterns, Vintage Fire Extin-
CRYPTOQUOTES
guishers, Wooden Barrels, Wooden Boxes and Crates, Wooden Pales, Old Electric Fans, Wagon Wheels, Boat An-
chor, Wooden Skis, Beer Advertisements, Adv. Bottle Openers, Tobacco and Other Tins, Oil Cans, Garage Hose
Rack, Rocking Horses, Architectural Items, Doors, Corbels, Window Trims, Turbine Vent, Crank Telephone,
Holiday Decorations, Blow-Molds, Cast Tree Stand, Wooden Toys, Baseball Bats, Felt Pennants, Toy Cannon, Toy
Truck, Fishing Items, Globe, Mt. Carmel Theatre Sign, Enamel Light Fixtures, Metal Goodyear Sign, Cast Iron,
Numerous Galvanized items, Enamel Ware, Silverware, Glassware, Edison Records, Kodak Camera Box, Bottles
and Cases, Signs, Raid Store Display, Iron Bed, Stools, Benches, Decorative Items, Figurines, Commercial
Singer Sewing Machine, Power, Lawn and Hand Tools, Lawn Roller, Push Mower and Much More.
FARM COLLECTIBLES
Turkey Crate, Many Chicken Feeders, Butchering Items, Chicken Catcher, Market Scales, Potato Bin, Yokes,
Milk Bottles, Milk Crates, Slaw Cutters, Vintage Kitchen Items, Cherry Pitter, Yarn Spinning
Wheel, Wooden Tool Boxes, Sausage Stuffer and More.
Terms: cash or approved PA check – Most major credit cards accepted.
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US withdraws from UN’s
Detached 1 car garage

1701 W. Wood St. Nice 1st floor 1
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SHAMOKIN YARD SALE
BY ELI ROSENBERG the unpaid balance will top the decision to leave UNES-
1001 East Chestnut St.
THE WASHINGTON POST $600 million. CO “brave” and “moral.”
Fri. 10/13 8am-2pm
Sat. 10/14 8am- ?? State Department officials Other Israeli officials, from
Grill, patio set, misc. hard- The United States will said they hope the withdraw- both left and right, also
ware/supplies, purses, house- withdraw from UNESCO at al will help push UNESCO to praised the decision. Net-
hold items, & Much More the end of next year, the State make changes that would sat- anyahu said he had instruct-
Something for Everyone! Department said Thursday, isfy Washington so the U.S. ed the Ministry of Foreign
in order to stop accumulating can resume full membership. Affairs to prepare for Israel’s
uppaid dues and make a “It sends a strong message withdrawal as well.
stand on what it said is that we need to see funda- “UNESCO has become a
FREE CATS – 1 Black Male,
anti-Israel bias at the U.N.’s mental reform in the organi- theater of the absurd
neutered and Calico, Female
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Call: 570-898-3781 In notifying UNESCO of tinued anti-Israel bias,” said said in a statement.
the decision Thursday morn- one official, speaking on con- Irina Bokova, director-gen-
Free kittens ing, the State Department
Kittens free to good home, male
dition of anonymity under eral of UNESCO, expressed
short haired with orange stripes,
said it would like to remain department ground rules. “profound regret” over the
two female short haired, tan and involved as a nonmember The United States helped decision.
white and/or female long haired, observer state. That will found the United Nations “At the time when the fight
gray and white. Eight-weeks old. allow the United States to Educational, Scientific Cul- against violent extremism
Call 570-809-5658 and leave mes- remain engaged in debates tural Organization, but has calls for renewed investment
sage. and activities, though it will been at odds with the organi- in education, in dialogue
lose its right to vote on issues.
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ONLY! 2 Chihuahuas, 1 male The withdrawal of the Department officials cited a hatred, it is deeply regretta-
and 1 female. Call: 570-509- United States, which was a 2012 decision not to expel Syr- ble that the United States
2101 founding member of the
ia from its human rights should withdraw from the
FREE TO A GOOD HOME! organization after World War committee after the civil war United Nations leading these
2 Black female kittens, approx. 3 II, deals a symbolic blow. But in that country began, and issues,” she said in a state-
mo/old. Had rabies & distemper it does not necessarily fore-
repeated resolutions that ment, calling it a “loss for
shots, litter trained. Raised since- shadow a further retrench-
birth. Call 570-648-3455
refer to Israel as an occupy- multilateralism.”
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Calling UNESCO’s politici-
zation a “chronic embarrass-
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dent Reagan withdrew from
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Israeli Prime Minister
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ment of the U.S. administra-
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community,” said Rush Holt,
head of the American Asso-
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of Science.
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known for the World Heri-
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around the globe. But it runs
a wide range of international
programs. It trains Afghan
police officers how to read
and write, and is the only
U.N. agency that has a pro-
gram to teach the history of
the Holocaust.

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Shamokin-Coal Friday — Exercise, 10 a.m.; 8:30 a.m.; cards, 9:30 a.m.;
lunch, 11:45 a.m.; Pokeno, 1 covered dish, 11:15 a.m.;
Township p.m. guest speaker from Fami-
Monday — Poker game, ly Home Medical, topic: flu
8:30 p.m.; game show, 11 Kulpmont shots, 11:30 a.m.; bingo,
ROOFING AUTO INSPECTION a.m.; world news, noon; un- Monday — Bean bag, noon.
lucky 7’s, noon. New players 10:30 a.m.; guest speaker Friday — Crafts, 9:30 a.m.;
welcome. from Sun Home Health, top- cards, 10:30 a.m.; Pinochle,
Tuesday — Morning cards, ic: breast cancer awareness, noon.
8:30 a.m.; walk-a-mile, 9 noon; Pokeno, 12:30 p.m.,
a.m.; bridge lessons, 9 a.m.; cards will follow. Trevorton
game show 11 a.m.; bridge, Tuesday — Puzzles, 10:30 Monday — Wii Bowling,
noon. a.m.; pinochle/board games, 10 a.m.; exercise, 10:30
Wednesday — Morning noon.; rummy, 12:30 p.m. a.m.; Patsies meeting, 1
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ing, 10 a.m.; game show, thing. LCR, 12:30 p.m. p.m.
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pinochle and Pokeno, 12:30 ing flu shots, 9 to 11 a.m.; to 11 a.m.; Scrabble 10
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Shamokin SAC luncheon. Thursday — Hoagie
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CONTRACTING INC. Painting & Construction, Inc. show, 11 a.m.; Linda Walker
will speak at noon; nickel bin-
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Doors open at 6 p.m. Espy Fire House.
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10:45 a.m.; Linda Walker
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Class of 1967 reunites

North Schuylkill Class of 1967 (Ashland building) recently reunited to celebrate its 50-year class reunion at the Fountain Springs Country Inn.
From left are, front row, Kay (Wetzel) St.Angelo, Patricia (Lopko) Seipp, Mary Kaye (Semanchick) Thurick, Linda (Povelaitis) Harsh, Linda
(Trautman) Harris, Marion (Nagg) Cress, Andrea (Kaplafka) Eye, Agnes (Wolfgang) Jones, Lois (Knock) Dillon, Ada (Lute) Jackowiak, Brenda
(Harter) Spieles, Beverly (Spieles) Bello and Frank Gownley; second row, Ed Haluska, Ann Marie (Barber) Smith, Donna (Clews) Rice, Ralph
Buchspics, Nancy (Fetterolf) Lindenmuth, Barbara (Williams) Kimmel, Karen (Magdeburg) Smith, Laura (Wagner) Stokes, Sharol (Wolfgang)
Snyder, Carol (Edling) Reiner and Barry Spieles; third row, Virgil Smith, Lois (Carl) Hommel, Dorothy (Leonard) Quick, Doris (Shoup) Grohuski,
Frances (Shivelhood) Mitten, George Williams, Fred Schilling and Joe Balsavage; fourth row, John Calvert, David Mitten, James Price,
Louanne (Wetzel) Touloumis, Elaine (Brassington) Wyland, Justina (Cherapan) Eisenhart, Bonnie (Llewellyn) McGuire, Greg Tatusko and
Richard Schultz; back row, Alfred Robbins, Claude Zerby, George Nunziata, William Coward, Terry Allsop, William Dolan, Wayne Yeager, John
Bovidge and Doug Gressens.

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Trevorton reunion
The Trevorton High School Class of
1954 met Oct. 5 at Hannah’s
Restaurant, Trevorton. From left
are, front, Doris (Kline) Lagerman,
Ildra (Yonner) Mielkie, Betty Lou
(Houser) Mongold, Dorthy (Long)
Martin, Nancy J. (Rebuck) Shepley,
Jean (Schmidt) Long and Grace
(Collier) Riechold; back, Bill
Wilkinson, Gene Piefer and Ralph
Kerstetter.

Shamokin
Halloween Parade
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 24th
Registration and
parade formation begins at 5:30 p.m.
PARADE BEGINS AT 6:30 P.M.
at the Claude E. Kehler, Jr. Community Park
on Arch Street
- Rain Date Wed., October 25th -
Please Note: Judges will be located at picnic tables
behind registration area.
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MONDAY, OCTOBER 16TH
NEW RULES EFFECTIVE 2017

EVERYONE entering a vehicle, including emergency

vehicles, whether it’s pulling a float or just driving in
the parade MUST pre-register before the day of the
parade, or parade entry WILL NOT be permitted,
NO EXCEPTIONS. New registration forms now require
a driver’s license #, issue/expiration dates & insurance
information of person driving.
Parade participants: You are no longer allowed to
throw candy from the float, it must be handed to
spectators.
Spectators: Do not jump into the parade route
for any reason.
NO Dune Buggies.

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