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Envoy: Gadhafi seeks crisis end Area vets

will tour
U.S. agrees to NATO’s request for sis two weeks after his a sign that Gadhafi’s regime may be soft- Two weeks into the assault on Gadhafi,

patriotic
government’s attacks to ening its hard line in the face of the sus- Republican lawmakers expressed con-
American airstrike extension.
put down a rebellion tained attacks. cern that a stalemate could leave him in
drew international air- The U.S. agreed to NATO’s request for control of portions of Libya and with ac-
By BEN HUBBARD strikes, Greek officials a 48-hour extension of American partici- cess to stockpiles of chemical weapons.

and ELENA BECATOROS
Associated Press
BENGHAZI, Libya — An envoy of
Moammar Gadhafi told Greece’s prime
minister Sunday that the Libyan leader
was seeking a way out of his country’s cri-
D.C. sites
said. pation in coalition airstrikes against tar- The U.S. is shifting the combat role to
Abdul-Ati al-Obeidi, a gets in Libya, and U.S. lawmakers cau- Britain, France and other NATO allies,
al-Obeidi former Libyan prime tioned Sunday the allies need to know but American air power is still in demand.
minister who has more about the rebels fighting Moammar Air Force AC-130 gunships and
served as a Gadhafi envoy during the cri- Gadhafi’s forces before providing them
sis, will travel next to Turkey and Malta in with weapons. See LIBYA, Page 12A Crestwood senior sponsors
“Vets to D.C.,” which will fund

Gas drilling REMEMBERING KRISTALLNACHT trip to nation’s capital.

By SARAH HITE

pits North
shite@timesleader.com
WRIGHT TWP. – Crestwood
High School senior Jenna Neu-
bauer sponsored “Vets to D.C.,”

vs. South an all-expenses-paid veterans’

trip to Washington, D.C., depart-
ing today, for people like Al Finn.
Finn, 70, of Mountain Top, who
Delaware River basin residents served in the U.S. Army from
see chance to profit, but those 1959-62,
was sta- V E T S T R I P
downstream fear pollution. tioned at T O D . C .
Fulda Gap
on the bor- To donate to next
The Associated Press der with the year’s Washington,
PHILADELPHIA — Debate D.C., trip for veter-
former ans, contact “Vets
over setting conditions to allow Communist to D.C.,” 13 Inde-
natural gas drilling in the Dela- East Germa- pendence Road,
ware River basin is pitting lan- ny as a tank Mountain Top, PA
downers in Northeastern Penn- commander 18707 or visit
sylvania who want to profit from in the 3rd www.vetstodc-
the commonwealth’s drilling .webs.com. Checks
Armored Di- should be made
boom against people down- vision dur- payable to Moun-
stream who are ing the Cold tain Post 781.
“These are concerned War. The
about the possi- gap was the
decisions ble environ- obvious tank invasion route for
that are mental impact Communist forces if they had de-
The Dela- cided to invade the West.
going to ware River Ba- Finn watched as men, women
affect mul- sin Commis- and children tried to cross from
tiple gen- sion, a New Jer- CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK/ FOR THE TIMES LEADER
behind the Berlin Wall. He saw
sey-Pennsylva-
erations.” nia agency that
oversees with-
H arrison Levi, Kingston, works on his stained-glass window pattern Sunday at the Jewish Community Center in
Wilkes-Barre, as part of the Kristallnacht Project, in remembrance of the many stained-glass synagogue win-
dows that were smashed in then-Nazi Germany in 1938. For the story, see Page 3A.
and heard the gunfire that en-
sued. He witnessed a child lying
Collin O’Mara for hours in agony before Russian
Delaware official drawals and wa- forces dragged the body out of
ter quality in sight.

Blazick cites his experience in handling civil cases

the watershed
drained by the 330-mile-long riv-
er, proposed regulations in De-
cember that would open wide-
scale drilling for the first time but
with generally stricter rules than
in the rest of Pennsylvania. The
agency is taking public com-
ments until the middle of the
month.
The issue has divided landown-
ers seeking to take advantage of
the boom and those concerned
about the environment.
Louis Matoushek, for one, is
upset that the panel halted pro-
duction on his land in Wayne
County three years ago after a
company had already drilled a
well.
“They changed the rules in the
middle of the game,” he told The
Philadelphia Inquirer.
Mountain Top attorney was motivated pened,” Blazick said. “… Peo-
ple call us the laughing stock.”
to run for county judge because of the
Blazick, of Mountain Top,
corruption probe. has worked for the past two
years in his private practice,
handling a variety of cases in-
By SHEENA DELAZIO cluding insurance coverage, medical mal-
sdelazio@timesleader.com practice and construction disputes.
WILKES-BARRE – Attorney Mike Blaz- In 2010, Blazick was appointed by then-
ick ran for Luzerne County judge in 2009 President Judge Chester Muroski to assist
because he was motivated by the ongoing in an investigation ordered by the state Su-
corruption probe and indictments of sever- preme Court to determine whether corrup-
al judicial figures. tion influenced former Judge Mark Ciava-
Two years later, Blazick told The Times rella’s judicial decisions.
Leader endorsement board last Tuesday, Blazick said the investigations consisted
that is why he’s running again for one of six of preliminary objections granted involving
open seats on the county bench.
“I want (us) to get away from what’s hap- See BLAZICK, Page 12A
CLARK VAN ORDEN/THE TIMES LEADER
Mike Blazick is a candidate for Luzerne
County judge.
But Finn has never seen any of
the memorials built in his and
other service personnel’s honor
at the nation’s capital.
Through speaking to veterans
such as Finn, Neubauer,18, began
to understand the meaning of
sacrifice.
She has spent countless hours
organizing and raising funds for
her senior project, “Vets to D.C.,”
which will provide transporta-
tion and meals to veterans on the
trip today.
Veterans will visit the National
World War II, Korean Veterans
and Vietnam Veterans memo-
rials, the Washington Monu-
ment, the Lincoln Memorial, the
Jefferson Memorial and the FDR
See VETS, Page 12A

5
But in Philadelphia about 150
miles downstream, Christopher
Crockett, who is in charge of plan-
ning for the city’s water depart-
ment, fears the effect on the drink-
THINGS season this Thursday when they travel to Allentown to play
the Lehigh Valley IronPigs. The IronPigs, if you
remember, are the Phillies’ Triple-A ballclub and
prohibited. It’s not an official holiday, but grabbing a brewski
to celebrate seems like the proper thing to do.

ing water for millions of people in

Philadelphia and its suburbs.
“We want to make sure we have
the science before the policy,” he
said.
Before the commission acted,
thousands of acres were leased
and seven wells drilled in North-
eastern Pennsylvania, but none
were fracked — a process of in-
jecting millions of gallons of wa-
ter into the ground to free the gas.
Environmental advocates had
urged the commission to wait for
a study to assess the impacts, as
See DRILLING, Page 12A
YOU NEED
TO KNOW
THIS WEEK
>> ONE SHINING MOMENT: It began on March 15
with two games in Dayton, Ohio. It will end tonight in Hous-
ton when Butler and Connecticut battle for college basket-
ball’s ultimate prize. The Bulldogs and Huskies will begin
their dog show at 9:23 p.m. on CBS. Las Vegas says take
UConn to win the school’s third national title. But Butler
came within a cruel bounce of winning last year’s champion-
ship, and really, how can you pick against a team that plays in
the gym where the movie “Hoosiers” was filmed?
>> THE BOYS ARE BACK: The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre
Yankees kick off … errr, sorry, … we mean, BEGIN another
used to be known around these parts as
the Red Barons when they played in
Moosic. So it’s like a matchup of
the old home team vs. the new
home team at the old home
team’s new home. … Or some-
thing like that. If you are so in-
clined to make the trek down the
Turnpike, the game starts at 7
p.m.
>> MMMMMMM, BEER: This
April 7, hoist a cold one for Thomas
H. Cullen and Pat Harrison. Who, you
ask? Well, the mere fact that you CAN
hoist a beer these days is because of
those two 1930s-era lawmakers. It was the
Cullen–Harrison Act of 1933 that ended
Prohibition and made bendin’ the ol’ elbow
legal again in the United States. Years later,
some enterprising soul invented National
Beer Day to mark the day Prohibition was
>> WISH LIST: The Make-a-Wish Foundation will be holding
a Race for Wishes celebration from 7 to 10 p.m. this
Friday at the Mohegan Sun Casino at Pocono
Downs – which is just where you’d expect a
night of horse racing, food and frivolity to be
held. It’s a Kentucky Derby-themed fundraiser
that benefits a fantastic cause. Do the math
on that one: Racing, fun and great food, AND it’s
to help fulfill the wishes of sick children. … Sounds
like the perfect evening
>> IT’S JUST A FLESH WOUND: They’re
knights of the round table, they dance whenever they’re
able, they’ll do routines and chorus scenes with footwork
at the Scranton Cultural Center this weekend. They dine
well here in Camelot, they eat ham and jam and present the
Monty Python-inspired musical “Spamalot.” If you can some-
how find a shrubbery to appease the Knights of “Ni,” and
find your way across the Gorge of Eternal Peril, check
out the silliness. Showtimes are Friday at 8
p.m., Saturday at 2 and 8 p.m., and Sunday
at 1 and 6 p.m.

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ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC
Taylor Swift takes
entertainer of year
Overall winner Miranda
Lambert matched her win
total from last year.
By CHRIS TALBOTT
AP Entertainment Writer
LAS VEGAS — Taylor Swift
captured entertainer of the
year at the Academy of Coun-
try Music awards Sunday
night, beating out the likes of
Keith Urban, Brad Paisley and
the night’s overall winner, Mi-
randa Lambert.
“The House That Built Me”
helped Lambert quickly
match her win total from last
year’s Academy of Country
Music awards on Sunday
night, while Lady Antebellum
took home three trophies, in-
cluding as artist and producer
on album of the year “Need
You Now.”
The two acts, who are the
best of friends, celebrated on
stage after Lambert, winner
of last year’s album of the year
award for “Revolution,” an-
nounced the winner.
“Thank you, Miranda Lam-
bert, for winning this last
year and not being in the cate-
gory this year,” Lady A’s Char-
les Kelley said.
They were named vocal
group of the year a few mo-
ments later.
Swift had been nominated
for four awards; it was her on-
ly win of the night, but it was
the biggest one. An excited
and nervous Swift said she
was losing her mind after get-
ting the award.
It was the first time 21-year-
old had won the night’s most
prestigious honor; the award
is voted on by the fans.
“The House That Built
Me,” written by Allen Sham-
blin and Tom Douglas, won
song, single record and video
of the year Sunday night. It
mirrors a difficult time in
Lambert’s life, but those
times are over and the song
has helped Lambert’s star rise
to new heights. It helped her
win the Grammy for best fe-
male country performance
and it also won Country Mu-
sic Association’s song of the
year award as well.
“Allen and Tom,” Lambert
POLICE BLOTTER
MESHOPPEN – State police
on Friday captured a wanted
man found in a hollowed-out,
wooden, box spring frame under other boys were not charged and
a mattress in the bedroom of a
residence on Fairview Street
where his girlfriend tried to hide Street, was taken into custody
him.
State police said a warrant for trespass after a homeowner on
felony burglary was out for
Bernard Gillespie, 34, of Wil-
liamsport. Lycoming County
also issued a warrant for Gil-
lespie for a probation violation.
At the time of his arrest, state $5,000 bail.
police said he had a small
amount of marijuana, a smoking ville told police Sunday that the
bong and a hypodermic needle
on him.
He was committed to the
Wyoming County Correctional
Facility pending transfer to
Lycoming County.
His girlfriend, Jennifer Die-
trick, 33, of Muncy, was charged Sunday without paying for their
with hindering apprehension or meals. The teenagers fled in a
prosecution. State police said
she knew of the warrants for
Gillespie and gave false informa- plate that might read HND0347.
tion about his whereabouts on
Friday and on prior attempts to asked to contact Hanover Town-
apprehend him.
HANOVER TWP. – Township
police reported the following:
• An employee of Emerald
Anthracite on Front Street said
Friday that utility poles on the
property were brought down to told police a dark green con-
remove three transformers and
copper wire.
Police are trying to locate a
black pickup truck that had two asked to contact Hanover Town-
men in it that was seen leaving
the area. Anyone with informa-
tion is asked to contact Hanover
Township police at 570 825-1254
or Luzerne County 911.
• While investigating the
report of a broken window Sat-
urday at the Morbid Curiosity
store on the Sans Souci Park-
said after winning single re-
cord, “thank you for writing
the song of the year.”
Brad Paisley claimed his
fifth straight top male vocal-
ist of the year award.
“This is way too many for
me,” Paisley said before jok-
ing, “I don’t know who got
paid what. No, I’m kidding,
kidding. It’s all very fair.”
Sugarland won vocal duo of
the year for the second time.
The Band Perry claimed
the best new artist award mo-
ments after singing their hit
“If I Die Young.” It was the
trio of two brothers and one
sister’s second win after tak-
ing home top new vocal duo
or group before the awards.
They were competing with
Eric Church for top new art-
ist.
“We believe that country
music is the peeple’s music,”
Kimberly Perry said. “And it
is our greatest desire to be
their band.”
Zac Brown Band, up for five
awards, took home vocal
event of the year with Alan
Jackson for their collabora-
tion on “As She’s Walking
Away.”
Paisley kicked off the ACMs
with a little help from friends:
Three members of the iconic
group Alabama joined Paisley
on his new song “Old Alaba-
ma,” bringing the crowd at
the MGM Grand to its feet
Sunday night. It was one of
several big collaborations
during the show. Steven Tyler
and Carrie Underwood
rocked out to “Undo It” then
segued to the Aerosmith clas-
sic “Walk This Way,” and lat-
er, Rihanna, sporting a flam-
ing orange pixie haircut, per-
formed her song “California
King Bed” with Sugarland’s
Jennifer Nettles.
The show opened with co-
host Blake Shelton singing a
slow song to what appeared
to Lambert, his fiance.
But as the camera panned
in on a blonde draped over a
couch, it revealed the show’s
other co-host, Reba McEntire
in a blonde wig.
“All right, Blake,” she said,
“that’s enough rehearsing for
your wedding night. We’ve
got a show to do. Focus!”
way, police took into custody
two juvenile males for underage
drinking and possession of alco-
hol. The boys were issued cita-
tions and released into the cus-
tody of their guardians. Two
were released.
• Ronald Kripp, 42, of Oxford
Saturday on a charge of criminal
Luzerne Street said she saw him
leaving her residence. Kripp was
arraigned by District Judge
Joseph Halesey and committed
to the county prison for lack of
• Wendy Butts of Montours-
paint and a tire on her 2009
Toyota Prius were damaged
while it was parked at the U.S.
Army Reserve Center on Stew-
ard Road.
• Four teenage males fled the
China House Buffet restaurant
black 1990s model Dodge sedan
with a Pennsylvania license
Anyone with information is
ship police at 570 829-1254 or
Luzerne County 911.
• A green plastic box contain-
ing 250 rounds of .45-caliber
ammunition fell off a car Sunday
afternoon as it drove away on
South Main Street. A witness
version van stopped to pick up
the box and then drove away.
Anyone with information is
ship police at 570-829-1254 or
Luzerne County 911.
DORRANCE TWP. – David
Eugene Michno, 52, of Blue
Ridge Trail, said someone tried
to enter his residence the after-
noon of March 25.
Michno said he heard the
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HARRISBURG – No player
matched all five winning
AP PHOTO numbers drawn in Sunday’s
The Chicago Theatre was the scene Sunday for Charlie Sheen’s performance in which the 45-year- “Pennsylvania Cash 5” game
old former ’Two and a Half Men’ star continued his month-long, 20-city tour. so the jackpot will be worth
$225,000.
Sheen uses different format
Lottery officials said 38
players matched four num-
bers and won $366 each;
1,939 players matched three
numbers and won $12 each;
After bad night in Detroit, “Because I had millions to blow. I hundreds who remained. and 25,096 players matched
ran out of things to buy.” It wasn’t clear when the former two numbers and won $1
actor changes to talk-show each.
Early on, Sheen urged the “Two and a Half Men” star lost
style as tour goes to Chicago. crowd in an obscenity-laced the audience, but there were •None of the tickets sold
statement “not to become (exple- many awkward moments. for the Powerball game
tive) Detroit tonight. Let’s show Sheen, known for his wild par- Saturday evening matched
By CARYN ROUSSEAU Detroit how it’s (expletive) tying and rampant drug use, said all six numbers drawn, which
Associated Press done.” he thought Detroit would be a were:
CHICAGO — After being Before the show, audience good place to tell some stories 06-22-34-43-45
heckled and booed in Detroit, members said they had low ex- about crack cocaine. The remark Powerball: 23
Charlie Sheen changed up his pectations based on what they prompted loud, immediate boos. Power Play: 2
road show for his second stop, us- heard and read about the inaugu- At another point, Sheen Players matching all five
ing a talk show-style format with ral performance in Sheen’s “My showed a short film he wrote, di- numbers and the Powerball
an interviewer asking the actor Violent Torpedo of rected and pro- would have won or shared
questions about his life. Truth/Defeat is Not “We figured we’d duced years ago the $187 million jackpot. The
The changes seemed to help. an Option” tour. called “RPG.” He prize goes to an estimated
Unlike in Detroit, audience mem- “We figured we’d try it out and see sat in the front row $218 million for Wednesday.
bers weren’t leaving in droves try it out and see what happens, to watch the flick, Tickets that match the
Sunday and seemed more recep- what happens, and if which starred a first five numbers, but miss
tive to the actor. it’s bad, we’ll leave,” and if it’s bad, much younger the Powerball, win
As in Detroit, Sheen received a said Katie Iglehart, we’ll leave.” Johnny Depp. $200,000 each, and there
standing ovation when he took to 23, of Chicago. Again, more boos. were seven of those. They
Katie Iglehart were sold in: Colorado(1),
the stage at the historic 3,600- Sheen’s Detroit But the show ac-
Of Chicago
seat Chicago Theatre. Some au- show began with tually started off Connecticut(1), Florida (1),
dience members chanted “De- thunderous ap- with a bang. Indiana (1), Kentucky (1), New
troit sucks.” plause but ended 70 After a video mon- Jersey (1) and New York (1).
During the show, Sheen smoked minutes later. In between, Sheen tage of movie clips — Sheen in There were two Power
cigarettes and answered questions tried to appease his audience “Wall Street” and “Platoon” set to a Play Match 5 winners in
from a master of ceremonies, talk- with rants, a rapper and a ques- guitar solo — the star emerged to North Carolina (1) and North
ing about his marriages, his career tion-and-answer session, ulti- raucous applause and a standing Dakota (1).
and his life with the women he mately concluding the first show ovation. The cheering increased as
calls his “goddesses.” was “an experiment.” the goddesses took the stage.
“They have not disallowed me Some fans predicted a prema- When the goddesses locked
everything that makes me happy. ture end for the monthlong trek. lips in front of him, Sheen OBITUARIES
Period. The end,” Sheen said of “No way” the show makes it smirked. He had the crowd in the
the former porn star and an ac- through all the dates, said Bob palm of his hand. Cardimona, Mary
tress who live with him. Orlowski, a lawyer from Ply- “I don’t see a single empty Collmier, Robert
Sheen also had some snappy mouth, Mich.. seat,” he said. Crecca, David
comebacks for the interviewer. “He’s not suited for this,” said That quickly changed. Demko, Nancy
Asked how many times he had Orlowski, 46. “It wasn’t funny.” As the showed bogged down,
been married, he said, “Seven- Sheen’s publicist, Larry Sol- an audience member booed,
Dysleski, Stephen
thousand. That’s why I’m broke.” ters, declined to comment. prompting Sheen to reply, “I’ve Garuba, Rose
Asked why he’s “paid for sex” Sheen, 45, reappeared after the already got your money, dude.” Kaufman, David
in the past, Sheen responded, house lights went up to thank the Things only got worse. King, Elizabeth
Lynch, Rosemary
Mills, Veronica
handles on several doors shake
while he was at home. After
Hovan and committed to the
Wyoming County Correctional
that an XO Vision 7-inch touch
screen was stolen from his vehi- Tracy, Margaret
trying to enter the house, the Facility for lack of $25,000 bail. cle while he was working at the Wojnar, Josephine
person entered Michno’s vehicle Arena Bar & Grill on Coal Yackoski, Ann
at the rear of his residence and WILKES-BARRE – City Street. Page 8A
removed items. Anyone with police reported the following: He said a passenger-side win-
information about the case is • Brandon Michael Marsola dow was broken to gain entry.
asked to contact state police at of Swetland Lane, West Wyom- The estimated damage and loss
Hazleton at 570 459-3890. ing, was charged with public
drunkenness early Sunday
was $350.
• Amanda Noll of Garnett
BUILDING
FORTY FORT – James Dale morning after an officer saw Lane said Saturday that her TRUST
Hunter of Dallas was arrested him walking on North Main residence was burglarized be-
on evidence of driving under the Street yelling obscenities into a tween March 25 and March 28 The Times Leader strives to
influence early Sunday morning cell phone, police said. while she was away. Noll said a correct errors, clarify stories
on the Cross Valley Expressway. • John Monseur of Parrish Dell computer mouse, keyboard and update them promptly.
State police said Hunter was Street said Sunday afternoon and hard drive, approximately Corrections will appear in this
driving in an erratic manner and that someone entered his prop- 300 DVDs, a radio and 50 com- spot. If you have information
showed signs of intoxication erty on Hutson Street and re- pact discs were taken. There to help us correct an inaccu-
when stopped. He was arrested moved copper pipes. was no estimate available on the racy or cover an issue more
and given a breath test. The basement of the building damage and loss. thoroughly, call the newsroom
at 829-7242.
sustained water damage as a • Desalegn Tafera of Light
HAZLE TWP. – State police result. There was no estimate Street, Bloomsburg, will be
are investigating a hit-and-run available on the total loss and charged with violating a protec- A STORY SUNDAY on page
crash that occurred Friday damage. tion from abuse order for having 3A incorrectly listed the terms
morning at the traffic light on • Jessica Angelen Spino of contact with Rahel Alemu of of a court order granting
state Route 924 and the north- South Sherman Street will be Plymouth Avenue on Saturday Carrie Skrepenak visitation
bound ramp to Interstate 81. charged with hindering appre- night, police said. with two of her three children.
A Nissan Sentra driven by hension Sunday afternoon after Alemu went to police head- The children’s mother and
Yonas Birhanu, 26, of Butler police said she slammed the quarters to report that Tafera grandmother will be present
Township, was stopped at a red door in the face of an officer followed her from her residence during the exchanges for
supervised visitation on Sun-
light in the eastbound left turn- looking for a wanted man at her to a convenience store on Carey
days between 3 p.m. and 7
ing lane waiting to enter the residence. Avenue, made contact with her
p.m.
interstate when his car was City police said they were and yelled at her before fleeing,
struck in the rear by a black dispatched to assist Wilkes- police said.
SUV, which fled. Birhanu, who Barre Township police in the • Donna Lee Baldrica of Hill
was not injured, provided a apprehension of David Vanseco Street was charged with public
partial Pennsylvania license whose vehicle was parked in the drunkenness after police said
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Observing tragedy with artwork
Glass creations memorialize
victims of the Holocaust
By STEVEN FONDO
Times Leader Correspondent
WILKES-BARRE -- The Jew-
ish Community Center spon-
sored a program on Sunday
called “Putting the Pieces Back
Together” as an observance of
Kristallnacht, a major turning
point of the Holocaust.
“Kristallnacht means ‘the
Night of Broken Glass,’” said
Rabbi Larry Kaplan of Temple Is-
rael. In 1938, the German Nazi
government had stepped up its
crackdown on Jews and Jewish
businesses
“What essentially took place
were riots attacking Jewish busi-
nesses and burning temples. It
was really the beginning of the
end for the Jewish people in Ger-
many.”
Event organizer Abby Kruger
said, “We’re trying to observe
some of the tragedies of the Hol-
ocaust. Kristallnacht was an
event where there was glass
shattered everywhere, and we’re
LOCAL
symbolically put-
ting the pieces
“We’re symbolically put-
ting the pieces back to-
To see
back together to
reformulate the
Jewish communi-
gether to reformulate
additional ty in a positive the Jewish community in
photos, visit way.”
www.times
a positive way.”
The JCC will be
leader.com. Abby Kruger
working together
Event organizer
with renowned
Jewish artist Gary CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK/FOR THE TIMES LEADER
Rosenthal and The Kristallnacht corporate 6 million pieces of Samuel Schwartz, Kingston, finishes his stained-glass pattern
Project to submit a small 12- beautifully fused glass to com- Sunday at the Jewish Community Center in Wilkes-Barre.
by-12-inch window composed of memorate the 6 million victims
colorful glass shards that will be- of the Holocaust. icant to them.” Kruger said. displayed at a Holocaust memo-
come part of a much larger “The children will also be cre- “These tapestry windows com- rial event in May.
stained-glass collective to be dis- ating textile tapestry windows, memorate those that were shat- For further information, call
played nationally. made up of small objects and me- tered during Kristallnacht.” Barbara Sugarman or Gina Mal-
The finished project will in- mentos that are special or signif- The finished artwork will be sky of the JCC at 824-4646.

1st U.S. female Board to

rabbi will hear gas
speak at JCC proposal
Event is sponsored by Elly and Murray
Miller of Kingston Township.
Chief Gathering will address Dallas
By JOHN KRISPIN
Twp. zoning hearing board about
jkrispin@timesleader.com plans to build metering station.
Rabbi Sally J. Priesand will bring the sto-
ry of her journey from young Jewish wom-
an to America’s first female rabbi to the area By SARAH HITE
Sunday at the Jewish shite@timesleader.com
Community Center of DALLAS TWP. – Resident Jane To-
Wyoming Valley. lomello plans to attend the Dallas
It is estimated that, af- Township zoning hearing tonight to
ter Priesand’s monu- express her concerns about Chief
mental achievement in Gathering LLC’s latest proposal to
the Reform Jewish com- build a natural gas metering station
munity, 1,000 women near her home on Fairground Road.
Priesand rabbis have followed in CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK/ FOR THE TIMES LEADER “It’s going to be within feet of my
her footsteps. Tyler Wood gets some lip gloss applied by her mom, Keri Wood, Shavertown, in the dressing room before a spring home,” said Tolomello, who owns the
I F YO U G O The event is spon- fashion show at Appletree Terrace Newberry Estate sponsored by Prince of Peace Church, Dallas. Snooty Fox Consign-

Model opportunity
sored by Elly and Mur- ment Shop in Shaver-
Rabbi Priesand ray Miller of Kingston town. “It will be in my
will share her
rabbinic journey Township. Elly Miller community, near my
at 11:30 a.m. had first met Priesand at business, by where my
Sunday at the a bas mitzvah of a young daughter goes to
JCC of Wyoming woman who, at the ad- school.”
Valley. Everyone
is invited to
vice of Priesand, became Representatives
attend. There will a cantor, one of the first Prince of Peace Church’s fashion “People are ready to forget about INSIDE: Click photos from the event, from Chief Gathering W H A T ’ S
be no admission steps in becoming a rab- winter and look at some pretty Page 1C will provide testimony N E X T
fee. For addition- bi.
show raises funds and brings
clothes,” said event committee mem- before the three-mem-
al information, “I was a teacher all my together families for fun. ber Ann Russin. “We wanted to have a ber zoning board at 7 The Dallas
contact Barbara
Sugarman at life and never met a fe- fundraiser that would appeal to a wide seemed to be having fun on the stage, p.m. in the Dallas Mid- Township
824-4646. male rabbi,” said Elly variety of people who could have a fun including Jack Barr, 5½, who struck a dle School auditorium. Zoning
Miller. “My husband and By JANINE UNGVARSKY social afternoon with good food and surfing pose as he showed off a colorful The company ap- Board will
Times Leader Correspondent hold a hear-
I went (to the bas mitz- good fellowship.” bathing suit. Barr said he was model- plied for special zoning ing at 7
vah), and after the ceremony waited in the DALLAS -- On the day after her 7th The models were all church parish- ing to help his mom, Abby Barr, who exceptions for the con- tonight in
lobby and told the woman rabbi how much birthday, Tyler Wood was sporting a ioners, including Beverly Cushner, was also modeling “in case she gets struction of two meter- the Dallas
I was happy to meet her. She wanted to be beautiful flowered dress but had no but- Heather Hules and Michele Fagula, scared.” ing facilities, two flow Middle
invited to our community.” terflies in her tummy, even though she who spent the last moments before the “I think the show is a really good control buildings, a School audi-
According to a JCC press release, Prie- was about to walk the runway as a mod- event started helping each other thing,” said mom. “I think it’s going to 100-foot communica- torium for
Chief Gath-
sand earned her status as a pioneer on June el for the first time. choose shoes and figure out how to give us a chance to show what our tions tower, a 10-foot ering LLC’s
3, 1972, when she was ordained by Hebrew “I’m excited,” the Shavertown first- hide price tags on their accessories. All church is all about – family.” flare and an 8,000-gal- application
Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion grader said. joked about how they offered to help The event was a family affair for lon mercaptan tank on for special
in Cincinnati, Ohio. Wood was one of15 first-time models with the show and somehow found many of the attendees, with many shar- a site off of Hildebrandt zoning ex-
Elly Miller knows that, without the ef- showing off the latest fashions at the themselves “volunteered” to model. ing the afternoon with mothers, daugh- Road, about one-third ceptions to
forts and the kindness of the local Jewish first Prince of Peace Step into Spring “At first I laughed and thought it was ters, sisters and aunts. Falls resident of a mile from the Dal- build a nat-
ural gas
community and the area community, Fashion Show. Close to 100 people en- a joke,” said Cushner. “We’re all nerv- Kathy Hoffman brought daughter Cas- las School District metering
events such as might not occur. joyed hors d’oeuvres and desserts at ous and inexperienced, but we’re hav- sie, 3½, to her first fashion show. campus. station off of
“I just wanted to thank Rick Evans and Appletree Terrace at Newberry Estates ing fun trying things on, and we’re do- “My friend is modeling, and I In a press release, Hildebrandt
Barbara Sugarman, who had the most to do while checking out the latest spring ing it for God and Prince of Peace.” Chief’s Vice President Road.
with making this happen,” she said. fashions from local stores. Despite their nerves, the models all See FASHION, Page 12A of Public Affairs Kristi
Gittins said the meter-
ing facility is an important aspect of

Building a new chance and a home out of misfortune

Lisa Bartlow and her son are citing that I’ve been given this
opportunity, for me and my
latest to receive Habitat for son.”
Humanity home. The Edwardsville home was
donated to Habitat by Bazil
Grabovsky, whose family pur-
By SARA POKORNY chased it in 1952.
spokorny@timesleader.com Habitat renovated the house
according to Lisa’s needs. They
EDWARDSVILLE -- Three made sure all cabinets were ac-
and a half years ago, Lisa Bar-
cessible for her 5-foot-tall
tlow was involved in a devastat- frame, and they also installed
ing car crash that left her per-
handrails on the front porch and
manently handicapped, out of throughout the home to help
work, and living with her par- her move around easily.
ents as she tried to get back on As part of the program, Lisa
her feet. was required to put in volunteer
Today she can walk proudly hours.
through her home, located “I believe Lisa finished her
across the street from her job, hours in record time,” said Da-
with the knowledge that she’s vid Doty, Habitat’s partner fam-
truly blessed and on the path of
ily mentor.
recovery. Lisa not only put in hours at
Lisa and her 9-year-old son,
her own home, but helped at a
Ian, are the latest partner family
site in Wilkes-Barre as well as
to receive a house from Wyom- the habitat office.
ing Valley Habitat for Humani- Karen Evans Kaufer, area
ty. The Bartlow house is the Habitat executive director, re-
17th for the organization. fers to this as “sweat equity,” or
“This is the first house I’ve ev- time spent volunteering with
er owned,” Lisa said. “It’s so ex- Habitat.
INSIDE: Click photos from the
event, Page 1C
“It connects the family to the
house and to their community,”
she said. “It’s also a good way
for our many volunteers to put a
face on the people that they’re
helping.”
In addition to this require-
ment, partner families must
have the ability to repay a no-in-
terest, 20-year mortgage.
Kaufer said many believe
Habitat houses are handouts,
but these requirements ensure
that’s not that case.
“We refer to them as hand-
ups,” she said. “We’re giving a
family the opportunity to en-
rich the way they live.”
“This woman capitalized on
the hand-up from day one,” said
Doty.
Lisa worked on the house
since September.
“It was incredible to work on
what I could think of as my
home,” she said, “and learn how
to do different things, like
transporting the natural gas that flows
into the Transco interstate pipeline
used to heat homes and businesses.
She said the metering facility needs
to be placed near the point of transfer
from the Chief pipeline to the Transco
line, and the station’s purpose is to
measure the quality of the gas.
Earlier this year, Chief submitted
plans to the township for the location
of a proposed seven-unit compressor
station on the Hildebrandt Road site.
Parents flooded the Dallas Middle
School auditorium in February to ex-
press their concerns, which included
worries about air and noise pollution.
“It’s toxic,” said Tolomello, who
said she’s joined the Gas Drilling
Awareness Coalition as a result of
these developments in Dallas Town-
ship. “If this is approved, there could
be a lot more industry to this area.”
After listening to the concerns of
BILL TARUTIS/FOR THE TIMES LEADER state Sen. Lisa Baker, R-Lehman, and
New homeowner Lisa Bartlow, right, gets a hug from Wyoming state Rep. Karen Boback, R-Harveys
Valley Habitat for Humanity Partner Family Mentor David Lake, the company announced plans
Doty, left, as Executive Director Karen Evans Kaufer looks on to relocate the compressor station to a
at a dedication ceremony in Edwardsville on Sunday afternoon. “more rural area of Dallas Township.”
“Chief made a commitment and will
spackle, sanding, painting.” heart and they’re willing to give not build its Luzerne Compressor Sta-
She was also floored by the their time to others,” she said. tion within a mile of Dallas schools,”
other volunteers. “I’ve been near tears so many stated Ted Wurfel, Chief’s vice presi-
“It really is amazing to know times during this whole experi- dent of environmental, regulatory and
that people have that much ence.” safety affairs.
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GOP wants Medicare changes Cities tax

◆I N B R I E F

$4 trillion in savings are sought “We believe in exceeding the

By KATHLEEN HENNESSEY
Tribune Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON—House Republicans’
2012 federal budget proposal will include
goals put out by the presi- outsiders
to make
the nation’s social safety-net programs — dent’s debt commission.”
Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.
Paul Ryan
Republicans said that plan ignored the
House Budget Committee Chairman
primary drivers of the escalating debt and

AP PHOTO
Eyes locked on target
Patrick Waits draws back his bow
before releasing his arrow down range
on a target Saturday during the ASA
Pro/AM Southwest Shootout in Paris,
Texas. More than a thousand archers
competed in the three-day event.
YUMA, ARIZ.
Feds: 3 more jets cracked
significant changes to Medicare, shift con-
trol of Medicaid to the states and aim to
chop more than $4 trillion from the deficit
over the next decade, House Budget Com-
mittee Chairman Paul Ryan said Sunday.
Ryan’s broad overview of the plan, which
is to be announced on Tuesday, included a
combination of entitlement changes and
spending cuts that amount to a significant-
ly different approach to deficit and debt re-
duction than that advocated by President
Barack Obama.
Obama’s plan, proposed in February,
would cut $1.1 trillion from the deficit over
10 years through a combination of in-
creased revenues and targeted budget cuts.
He did not suggest structural changes to
deficits, as well as the solutions proposed
by a commission Obama appointed to draft
a deficit-reduction plan.
In contrast, the Republican budget
would change entitlement programs as rec-
ommended by the commission.
The proposal would rework Medicare by
offering seniors a choice of private plans
and restructure Medicaid funding into
block grants distributed to the states, while
apparently leaving Social Security un-
changed, Ryan said. The changes would
not affect current recipients of Medicare,
he said.
The Wisconsin Republican declined to
offer savings estimates, but said the plan
would go further than the commission’s
recommendations, which proposed nearly
$4 trillion in deficit reduction through
2020.
“We believe in exceeding the goals put
out by the president’s debt commission,”
he said in an interview on “Fox News Sun-
day.”
The commission’s plan was rejected by
both Democrats, who said it cut too much,
and some Republicans, who would not sign
on to its call to increase government reve-
nues
Ryan said the House Republican plan
would call for “pro-growth tax reform,” al-
though he was not specific. He indicated
the plan included lower tax rates.
money
Strapped for cash, cities are
reluctant to raise taxes on
their own residents.
By TIM MARTIN
Associated Press
LANSING, Mich. — Out-of-
towners would be wise to drive
carefully when passing through
Fraser, a suburb about 15 miles
northeast of Detroit.
The city this year began charg-
ing non-residents who cause
wrecks for the public safety and
emergency response time in-
volved in the ac-
cident. The fee "You’re

F ederal investigators say inspectors is one of many

have found subsurface cracks in
three more Southwest Airlines planes.
Similar cracks are suspected of trig-
gering a fuselage rupture that forced a
Boeing 737-300 to make an emergency
landing in Yuma, Ariz. The 15-year-old
jet in the Arizona incident had about
39,000 takeoff and landing cycles.
The airline had said earlier Sunday
that it found such cracks in two of their
planes. A National Transportation
Safety Board member says a third
plane was discovered to have the
cracks as well.
Board member Robert Sumwalt says
Boeing is developing a “service bulle-
tin” strongly suggesting immediate
checks on all similar models with com-
parable flight time and age.
The cracks found in the three planes
developed in two lines of riveted joints
that run the length of the aircraft.
SANAA, YEMEN
Protest turns violent
Thousands of women calling for the
revenue-raising not wel-
ideas being come here
considered by
cities nation- — outside-
wide dealing rs not wel-
with budget
problems.
come."
Reluctant to Jay Middleton
raise taxes on Tax recipient
their own resi-
dents, local
governments are looking increas-
ingly at out-of-towners. But crit-
ics complain the fees amount to
taxation without representation,
or double taxation, since those
people already pay for roads and
public safety services in their own
communities. And unsuspecting
out-of-town motorists who’ve
have faced the bills say they send
a hostile message.
"You’re not welcome here —
outsiders not welcome," said Jay
AP PHOTO Middleton, a Mount Laurel, N.J.,
A couple watch the site where coffins of victims of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami were buried Sunday in Higashi-
matsushima, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan.
resident who fought a "crash tax"
charged in a Philadelphia suburb.
"That’s what it says to me."

Polymer Japan’s new hope

ouster of Yemen’s longtime ruler were
attacked on Sunday by police with
sticks and rocks, setting off a furious
battle with male protesters that left
several people hurt, activists said.
The women were marching down a
main street in the southern town of
Taiz shouting “peaceful! peaceful!”
when they were attacked, activist Gha-
zi al-Samei said.
Three young men suffered serious
gunshot wounds when police opened
fire, said a protester.
Army tanks and armored cars stop-
ped other demonstrators from entering
Taiz, the site of some of the largest and
angriest protests against President Ali
Abdullah Saleh’s rule.
Protesters have been camping out in
main squares throughout Yemen for
weeks, demanding Saleh immediately
leave power after 30 years.
HANOI, VIETNAM
Ailing turtle to be treated
An ailing giant turtle considered
sacred by many Vietnamese was cap-
tured in a lake in central Hanoi on
Sunday by rescuers who hope to give it
medical attention.
Thousands of onlookers cheered as
the mammoth creature was pulled in
after escaping capture last month.
It took 50 workers two hours to net
the turtle.
The reptile is estimated to weigh 440
pounds and is one of the world’s most
endangered freshwater turtles.
Mixture seen as cure for
nuke water leak. Plant
reveals 2 workers died.
By RYAN NAKASHIMA
and MARI YAMAGUCHI
Associated Press
TOKYO — Engineers pinned
their hopes on chemicals, saw-
dust and shredded newspaper
to stop highly radioactive water
pouring into the ocean from Ja-
pan’s tsunami-ravaged nuclear
plant Sunday as officials said it
will take several months to
bring the crisis under control,
the first time they have provid-
ed a timetable.
Concrete already failed to
stop the tainted water spewing
from a crack in a maintenance
pit, and the new mixture did not
appear to be working either, but
engineers said they were not
abandoning it.
The Fukushima Da-ichi plant
has been leaking radioactivity
since the March 11 tsunami
carved a path of destruction
along Japan’s northeastern
coast, killing as many as 25,000
people and knocking out key
cooling systems that kept it
from overheating. People living
within12 miles of the plant have
been forced to abandon their
homes.
The government said Sun-
day it will be several months be-
fore the radiation stops and per-
manent cooling systems are re-
stored. Even after that happens,
there will be years of work
ahead to clean up the area
around the complex and figure
out what to do with it.
“It would take a few months
until we finally get things under
control and have a better idea
about the future,” said Nuclear
and Industrial Safety Agency
spokesman Hidehiko Nishiya-
ma. “We’ll face a crucial turning
point within the next few
months, but that is not the end.”
His agency said the timetable
Middleton got caught up in the
"crash tax" issue after a fender-
bender while moving his daugh-
ter home from college a few years
ago. Radnor Township, Pa., billed
him $276.08 for the police time.
The concept of governments hit-
ting up visitors for cash isn’t new.
“We’ll face is based on Radiation, debris and explo- States often charge nonresidents
the first step, sions kept workers from finding more than locals for hunting and
a crucial
pumping ra- them until Wednesday, and fishing licenses on the theory vis-
turning dioactive wa- then the announcement was de- itors don’t pay the regular taxes
ter into layed several days out of respect used to support parks and recre-
point with- tanks, being for their families. ation systems. A number of cities
in the next completed TEPCO officials said they be- impose income taxes on subur-
quickly and lieved the workers ran down to banites who come into a city to
few the second, a basement to check equipment work. Omaha, Neb., planned a
months, restoring after the magnitude-9.0 earth- commuter fee that critics called a
cooling sys- quake that preceded the tsuna- "wheel tax" before state lawmak-
but that is tems, being mi. They were there when the ers moved to block it this year.
not the donewithina massive wave swept over the Across Michigan, cities are
end.” matter of plant. struggling to fund their emergen-
weeks or “It pains us to have lost these cy services. The state has lost
Hidehiko months. two young workers who were more than 4,500 police officers
Nishiyama
Safety
spokesman
Every day
brings some
trying to protect the power
plant amid the earthquake and
and firefighters in the past dec-
ade, mostly because of lower tax
new problem tsunami,” TEPCO Chairman revenues during the recession
at the plant, Tsunehisa Katsumata said in a and the state’s economic decline.
where work- statement. Fraser, a town of about 15,000 in
ers have often been forced to re- On Saturday, workers discov- southeast Michigan, has lost 13
treat from repair efforts because ered an 8-inch crack in a mainte- public safety officer positions
of high radiation levels. On Sun- nance pit at the plant and said since 2006 — a drop of 25 per-
day, plant operator Tokyo Elec- they believe water from it may cent.
tric Power Co. announced it be the source of some of the "I think we are now at the point
had found the bodies of two high levels of radioactive iodine where it’s push versus shove,"
workers missing since the tsu- that have been found in the Fraser city manager Richard Ha-
nami. ocean for more than a week. berman said.

Battle mounts to remove incumbent Ivory Coast leader

Scientists say it is at least 80 years
old, but many Vietnamese believe, as
legend has it, that it is the same myth-
ical creature said to have helped Viet-
namese King Le Loi fend off the Chi-
nese nearly six centuries ago.
NORRIDGE, ILL.
Fall from coaster deadly
A 3-year-old boy died Saturday after
falling out of a roller coaster at a subur-
ban Chicago amusement park, police
said.
The boy was sitting near the front of
the Python Pit roller coaster at the Go
Bananas amusement park when he got
underneath the ride’s safety bar, Nor-
ridge Police Chief James Jobe said. He
suffered head injuries in what Jobe
described as “a tragic accident.”
The boy was on the ride with his
twin brother when he fell out of the
coaster while it was moving, Jobe said.
The Cook County medical examiner’s
office said the boy died at the park.
Police said a state inspector was at the
scene.
Sporadic gunfire rang out in
central Abidjan on Sunday.
U.N. moves employees.
By RUKMINI CALLIMACHI
and MARCO CHOWN OVED
Associated Press
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast —
The United Nations mission in
Ivory Coast began moving
some 200 employees out of the
main city Sunday after repeat-
ed attacks on its headquarters,
as fighters loyal to the interna-
tionally recognized president
prepared for a battle to oust the
incumbent leader.
Sporadic gunfire rang out in
central Abidjan on Sunday, and
residents for the most part
stayed in their homes. Resi-
dents of the commercial capital
have been restricted to their
homes since forces supporting
internationally recognized
president Alassane Ouattara
began their assault of Abidjan
on Thursday. Electricity has
been cut intermittently and the
water was shut off citywide
Sunday morning, though a few
women could be seen on the
street filling basins with water
from the lagoon.
“There is an in-country relo-
cation of some 200 of our staff
in order to ensure their safety
in the currently challenging se-
curity environment. There are
no plans to evacuate them from
the country,” said Nicholas
Birnback, a spokesman for the
U.N. Peacekeeping Depart-
ment.
A U.N. employee said they
were taken by helicopter from
On Saturday, incumbent
leader Laurent Gbagbo called
on his supporters to descend in-
to the streets to form a human
shield around the presidential
palace. Boatloads of youth
were ferried into the center of
town and have been coursing
the streets carrying rudimen-
tary weapons such as two-by-
fours and metal bars.
Ouattara’s camp reports that
the vast majority of the military
has defected to his side, leaving
only a small contingent of fight-
AP PHOTO ers to defend Gbagbo.
A photo provided by the French Defense Ministry shows Thousands of pro-Ouattara
French soldiers patrolling Saturday in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. troops amassed on the city’s
northern edge Sunday.
the U.N. base in downtown Bouake. The U.N. reported that elite
Abidjan to the airport. Another The person asked not to be Republican Guard forces have
helicopter will take them from named because they are not au- repeatedly attacked its convoys
there to the northern city of thorized to speak to the press. and patrols.
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Pennies tradition raises funds for scholarship

Reginas at King’s College Prizes included Reginas Club
Regina Hrichison, club mem-
$20 restaurant president
ber, said there were almost
holds annual auction to award Eileen Eustice
coupons, gift cer- enough prizes for all players,
a needy student. tificates from local calls out bid-
however, the “luck of the draw”
To see retailers valued up ders’ numbers
determined who received what.
additional to $100, beauty during Sun-
About three quarters of the
By RALPH NARDONE photos, visit aids, $200 dis- day’s penny
players are regular participants,
Times Leader Correspondent www.times counts on jewelry auction at
Hrichison said.
leader.com. King’s College.
WILKES-BARRE -- A decades- purchases, baskets “They look forward to this year
The event was
old tradition started by a group of of cheer, $30 pas- after year,” she said. The Reginas
organized by
mothers at King’s College in 1948 ses for golf excur- are seeking to attract more play-
the Reginas
continued on Sunday as the Regi- sions, electronics, $72 bus trip ers, she said, through promotions
Club to raise
nas at King’s College held its an- tickets to Atlantic City, auto-care and by word-of-mouth.
money for
nual penny auction. services, food and more. “It’s exciting,” she said.
student schol-
This year’s gathering aimed to The student beneficiary of the “There’s nothing like winning.”
arships.
raise about $3,000 in scholarship money raised by the auction Eustice said the Reginas appre-
funds that will be awarded to a must be from a local community, ciate the donations from the
needy King’s College student Eustice said. The college admin- more than 60 local businesses
from Northeastern Pennsylvania. istration will make the choice as that provided the prizes for the
Auction master of ceremonies to whom will receive the money PETE G. WILCOX/THE TIMES LEADER auction. She also thanked the col-
and president of the Reginas Ei- based on their need, she added. lege for helping the Reginas pro-
leen Eustice said that about 200 Dolores McGeehan, Regina At this time there are about 40 games, each with three or four joyed refreshments and a fun mote the event and for allowing
players attended the auction, all member, said the auction has members of the Reginas with prizes to win. Items were won for comfortable gaming environ- the group to take advantage of
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local businesses. mothers with $1,000,” she said. The auction included 37 for the 200 participants who en-
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Prince Harry gets royal attention

Female fans prefer young “Will’s a
bit more
“Will’s a bit
more like Char-
It isn’t unusual for the younger
siblings of royalty to get sexier cov-

brother over heir to throne like Char-

By RAPHAEL G. SATTER
Associated Press
LONDON — He’s been filmed
trekking through the Arctic, gives a
smoldering look from the cover of a
men’s magazine and is being target-
ed by legions of young women who
only a few years ago would have
been lusting after his older brother.
With all the attention being paid
to Prince Harry, you might forget
that Prince William’s the one get-
ting married.
“He’s a cool guy, he’s an action
man, and he obviously enjoys quite
a good time,” said Robert John-
ston, associate editor at GQ maga-
zine, which featured a front page,
black-and-white photo of the 26-
year-old royal. “It’s quite a potent
mix.”
This week’s magazine shows a
pensive prince, square-jawed and
tousle-haired, his lips curling into a
smile. GQ’s story covers Harry’s
high-profile polar expedition with
Walking With The Wounded, a
U.K. charity devoted to helping in-
jured veterans.
It’s work that has commanded a
fair amount of television time given
the dramatic crises gripping the
Middle East, North Africa, the Ivo-
ry Coast and Japan.
Camera crews have tracked the
prince as he goes through his puni-
shing Arctic training, plunging into
ice-cold water and struggling
across the fields of blinding snow
on the Norwegian archipelago of
Svalbard. Clips of Harry, sporting
stylish sunglasses and a wisp of
stubble, have played better than
those of his balding older brother,
who was last pictured in faded
green overalls showing his grand-
mother around a Welsh helicopter
bay.
The British monarchy’s female
fans have noticed.
les, more seri-
ous. Harry’s a bit
more like Di,”
erage than their throne-bound rela-
tives.
Prince Andrew was always seen
les, more his popular and as much more of a party-happy
serious. glamorous playboy than older brother Prince
mother, said Ka- Charles, so much so that he once
Harry’s a tie Steward, a labored under the nickname “Ran-
bit more 44-year-old bar- dy Andy.”
tender who Queen Elizabeth II’s younger sis-
like Di.” planned to ter, the late Princess Margaret, was
Katie Steward watch the royal a1950s fashion icon, her easy glam-
Bartender wedding proces- our contrasting with the queen’s
sion on April 29. tasteful-but-conservative style.
She put Har- Johnston said younger siblings
ry’s charm down to his rebellious- often had it easier because they
ness, but her friend, Emma Dun- aren’t as completely captive to their
thorne, a 42-year-old teaching as- royal roles.
sistant, put it more succinctly. But Harry’s guy-next-door act
“Everybody likes a bad boy,” she has occasionally gotten him booed
said. off the stage.
Even those with little interest in Many stories about the prince
the royalty, like 19-year-old student still mention his late-night London
Sasha O’Connor, who was sitting clubbing, his infamous strip club
with friends at nearby cafe, said visit, his marijuana use, and the
they’d prefer Harry. time he made a front page appear- AP PHOTO
“William looks more and more ance in the nation’s biggest-selling Britain’s Prince Harry, gestures, during training for the Walking
like his father every day,” O’Connor daily, cupping his hands around a with the Wounded expedition, on the island of Spitsbergen, Thurs-
said. TV presenter’s breasts. day.

Thousands watch eagles hatch live online

Site crashes briefly Saturday
after first eaglet emerged. A
second hatched Sunday.
By TIMBERLY ROSS
Associated Press
A live video feed from north-
east Iowa with a bird’s-eye view of
eagle eggs hatching has attracted
more than 100,000 followers —
so many that the site crashed
temporarily Saturday after the
first eaglet came out.
The camera, sponsored by the
Raptor Resource Project, shows a
nest 80 feet up in a tree overlook-
ing a trout stream at the Decorah
Fish Hatchery, where a pair of ea-
gles is welcoming their brood.
Three eggs were laid in late
February, and the first eaglet
started to emerge from its shell
Friday. Bob Anderson, the pro-
ject’s executive director, said the
second hatched about 5:30 a.m.
Sunday and the third is expected
in about three days.
“The world loves it,” said An-
derson, who controls the camera
angle with a joystick from a near-
by shed.
Viewers can watch the adult ea-
gles feed the hatchlings and trade
shifts sitting on the nest. Ander-
son recently took on two volun-
teers to help man the camera so
he could get some sleep and re-
spond to hundreds of e-mails
from eagle fans around the world.
He said he got more than 500 e-
mails from Saturday night to Sun-
day morning.
Anderson said a spike in traffic
overloaded the site Saturday, and
it was down for about two hours.
“I have had bird cams for 20
years ... I’m in shock, I’m in awe,”
Anderson said of its popularity.
The camera is about the size of
a grapefruit and is camouflaged
with leaves. It’s equipped with an
infrared light — which the eagles
can’t detect — for nighttime
viewing.
Sue Thomas, 66, has been
watching the nest from her home
in Great Britain. She checks in
first thing in the morning — even
though it’s still dark in Iowa and
the eagles are sleeping.
Thomas, who enjoys watching
birds in her own back yard, said
her favorite shots of the eagles
are when the adults stand up, re-
vealing the little ones below. She
saw one of the adults feeding
shreds of what appeared to be a
rabbit to the first chick.
“It’s just lovely to see what the
little baby eagles are doing,” Tho-
mas said. "It’s amazing to see cre-
ation going on in such a happy
way."
Anderson said teachers log on
for class projects and about 23
volunteers staff the site’s chat
room for 12 hours daily.
The pair of eagles have raised
eight chicks since they built the
nest four years ago.

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STEPHEN F. DYSLESKI, 88, of
Wilkes-Barre, died Saturday after-
noon, April 2, 2011, at Golden Liv-
ing Center, Plains Township.
Funeral arrangements are
pending from the Bednarski &
Thomas Funeral Home, 27 Park
Ave., Wilkes-Barre.
VERONICA A. MILLS, 95, of
the Brookside section of
Wilkes-Barre, died Saturday af-
ternoon, April 2, 2011, in the
Wilkes-Barre General Hospital
following an illness.
Funeral services for Miss
Mills will be announced in
Tuesday’s edition of the news-
paper from the John V. Morris
Funeral Home, 625 N. Main St.,
Wilkes-Barre.
ANN YACKOSKI, 90, of Plains
Township, died Saturday, April 2,
2011, at the Wesley Village Campus
in the Partridge-Tippett Nursing
Facility, Jenkins Township.
Funeral arrangements are
pending from the Simon S. Russin
Funeral Home, Plains Township.
DAVID KAUFMAN, of Wilkes-
Barre, died Sunday evening, April
3, 2011, in Hospice of the VNA,
Heritage House, Wilkes-Barre. He
was a member of Bais Menachem,
and had great love and reverence
for the Rebbe Menachem M.
Schneerson.
A graveside funeral service
will be held at 2:30 p.m. today in
B’nai Jacob Cemetery, Darling
Street, Wilkes-Barre. Arrange-
ments are by Rosenberg Funeral
Chapel, Wilkes-Barre.
David Saul Crecca
March 29, 2011
David Saul Crecca, of Lake
Ariel, died Tuesday, March 29,
2011.
Born in Scranton, David was a
son of the late Saverio and Jeanne
Romanowski Crecca.
He was a proud graduate of the
Culinary Institute of America,
Hyde Park, N.Y. His happiest years
were spent in the food service in-
dustry in California, Virginia, and
Pennsylvania.
May he walk in the sunshine of
his Savior’s love with his beloved
companions, Rocky and Sara, and
know that he is loved.
David is survived by a sister,
Christine Perugino, and her hus-
band, Denis; a nephew, Michael
Mascali; and a niece, Nicole Mas-
cali.
A Mass of Christian Burial
will be celebrated at 10 a.m.
Wednesday in St. Mary’s Church,
Ledgedale, Pa. Friends may call
from 9:30 until the time of Mass at
the church on Wednesday. Inter-
ment, St. Mary’s Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, memorial con-
tributions may be made to the
SPCA.
To send the family an online
condolence, please visit www.ja-
meswilsonfuneralhome.com.
Mary Catherine
Cardimona
April 2, 2011
M ary Catherine Cardimona,
83, of the Parsons section
of Wilkes-Barre, went to be with
her beloved husband, Nicholas
“Nick,” in Heaven on Saturday
morning, April 2, 2011.
She was born May 6, 1927, in
Wilkes-Barre a daughter of the
late Kenneth and Julia Remen-
snyder. A graduate of Coughlin
High School, class of 1945, she
was employed in the garment
industry until her retirement.
Mrs. Cardimona was a mem-
ber of St. Benedict’s Church
(formerly St. Dominic’s
Church), Wilkes-Barre.
In addition to her husband,
she was preceded in death by
her brother, Kenneth Remen-
snyder; and sister, Ann Remen-
snyder.
Surviving are her son Charles
Cardimona, and his wife, Nan-
cy, with whom she resided; son
Joseph Cardimona and his wife,
Patricia, Plains Township;
daughter, Marita Harding, and
her husband, Thomas, Ply-
mouth; as well as grandchil-
dren, Nicholas Cardimona and
his wife, Angela Bree, Parsons,
and Casey Harding, Plymouth.
The funeral will be held at
9:30 a.m. Tuesday from the E.
Blake Collins Funeral Home,
159 George Ave., Wilkes-Barre.
A Mass of Christian Burial will
be celebrated at 10 a.m. in St.
Benedict’s Church. Interment
will be in St. Mary’s Cemetery,
Hanover Township. Friends
may call from 4 to 8 p.m. today.
In lieu of flowers, memorial do-
nations may be made to Gift of
Life Donor Program, 401 N.
Third St., Philadelphia, PA
19103; or to Prescription Assist-
ance Fund, c/o Medical Oncol-
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Kingston, PA 18704.
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Margaret ‘Peggy’ Tracy
April 3, 2011
M argaret (Peggy) Tracy, 74, of
Pittston, died Sunday, April 3,
2011, in Hospice Community Care
at Geisinger South Wilkes-Barre, af-
ter a courageous battle with cancer.
Born in Pittston, on December 5,
1936, she was a daughter of the late
Joseph and Cecelia Carey Coyne.
Peggy attended Pittston Area
High School, and for many years
worked in the local garment indus-
try. She was recently employed by
Wyoming Area School District.
She was a member of St. John the
Evangelist Church, Pittston.
In addition to her parents, she
was preceded in death by her son,
Brian Tracy; sisters, Patricia Patte
and Jean Wall; and brothers, Joseph
and Robert Coyne.
Surviving are her devoted hus-
band of 46 years, Michael Tracy;
daughter, Christine Schoener, and
husband, Philip, West Pittston; son,
Sgt. Maj. USMC Patrick Tracy, and
his wife, Janet, North Carolina;
grandchildren, Sonia, Danielle,
Jake, and Nathan; sisters, Nancy
Shymanski and husband Carl,
Larksville, and Mary Lou Boswell
and husband, Bill, Anaheim, Calif.;
as well as numerous nieces and ne-
phews.
The family would like to thank
Hospice Community Care for the
Elizabeth ‘Betty’ King
April 3, 2011
E lizabeth “Betty” A. King, of Cen-
termoreland, died peacefully,
Sunday, April 3, 2011, at her home,
surrounded by her loving family and
friends.
Betty was born in Kingston, on
August 17, 1943, a daughter of the
late Stephen and Marie Goble Yur-
ish.
She was a 1961 graduate of West
Side Central Catholic, and a mem-
ber of the Church of the Nativity
BVM, Tunkhannock.
Betty was a devoted wife, mother,
and caregiver to her late sister Ma-
rie Yurish. She enjoyed working in
her garden, playing cards with her
family and friends, weekend trips to
the family cabin, fishing, knitting,
and most of all spending time with
her grandchildren.
Surviving are her husband of 45
years, John J. King; son, Stephen,
and wife JoDee King, Little Silver,
N.J.; daughters, Kelly King, Oly-
phant, Pa., and Shannon and hus-
band Jason Schuckers, Sweet Val-
ley; sisters, Kathleen and husband
Albert Finarelli, Hunlock Creek;
Christine and husband Barry Pizza-
no, Dallas; grandchildren, Stephen
Fitzgerald, Pieter Quackenbush,
Madison and Jack King, and Lan-
don and Mason Schuckers.
The family would like to sincere-
Rosemary Jacobs Lynch
April 2, 2011
R osemary Jacobs Lynch, of
Wilkes-Barre, died Saturday,
April 2, 2011, at Little Flower Ma-
nor, Wilkes-Barre.
She was born on July 28, 1930, in
Wilkes-Barre, a daughter of the late
Matthew J. and Ethel Conway Ja-
cobs. She was a graduate of St. Ann’s
Academy Wilkes-Barre.
Rosemary was married 39 years,
to the late Senior Chief Petty Officer
E. James Lynch.
She was previously employed by
Fowler, Dick, & Walker, The Boston
Store, and retired from the Dioce-
san Guild Studios, Wilkes-Barre.
As a young woman, Rosemary
spent summers life guarding at the
Miner Park Pool, where she had
fond memories of working with re-
turning veterans with aqua therapy.
Rosemary was a member St.
Therese Roman Catholic Church,
Wilkes-Barre. She was an active
member of many parish functions,
including the bazaar committee,
plant stand chairwoman, choir, and
Altar and Rosary Society. Rosemary
had the distinction of being the first
baby girl baptized in the current
church location.
She was preceded in death by her
husband, E. James Lynch; brother,
John X. Jacobs; sisters-in-law Millie
Jacobs, Dorothy Jacobs, and Eliza-
beth Schmaltz; and brother-in-law,
Joseph Smith.
Surviving are daughters, Mary
Kathleen Williams and husband
Robert B, Wilkes-Barre; Patricia A.,
Wilkes-Barre; son, James F., Wilkes-
Barre; grandchildren, Christine
Stuffick and husband Andrew, Me-
chanicsburg, Pa.; Nicholas J. Wil-
liams, Wilkes-Barre; great-grand-
children, Drew Christopher and
Luke Edward Stuffick, Mechanics-
➛ O B I T U
professional and compassionate
care shown to Peggy.
Funeral services will be at 9
a.m. Wednesday from the Peter J.
Adonizio Funeral Home, 802 Sus-
quehanna Ave., West Pittston, with
a Mass of Christian Burial at 9:30
a.m. in St. John the Evangelist
Church, Pittston. Interment will be
held at the parish cemetery. Friends
may call from 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at
the funeral home.
Memorial donations may be
made to Hospice Community Care
at Geisinger South Wilkes-Barre,
601 Wyoming Ave., Kingston, PA
18704.
Online condolences may be made
at www.peterjadoniziofuneral-
home.com
ly thank the staff at Hospice of the
Sacred Heart for making her last
days comfortable.
Funeral services will be held at
9:30 a.m. Wednesday from the Shel-
don-Kukuchka Funeral Home Inc.,
73 W. Tioga St., Tunkhannock, with
Mass of Christian Burial at11a.m. at
the Church of the Nativity BVM,
Tunkhannock. Interment will be in
Saint Nicholas Cemetery, Shaver-
town. Friends may call at the funeral
home from 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesday.
In lieu of flowers, memorial con-
tributions may be made to Hospice
of the Sacred Heart, 600 Baltimore
Drive, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18702.
Online condolences may be sent
to the family at www.sheldonku-
kuchkafuneralhome.com.
burg, Pa.; brothers, Matthew T. Ja-
cobs, and wife Sandra, Wilkes-
Barre; Joseph M. Jacobs and wife
Edith, Wilkes-Barre; and sister-in-
law Virginia Smith, Wilkes-Barre; as
well as many nieces and nephews
and cousins.
Rosemary was a devoted mother,
grandmother, sister, aunt and friend
to all who were fortunate to know
her.
The family would like to thank
the staff of Little Flower Manor for
the wonderful care, kindness, and
compassion Rosemary received. A
special thank you to Rita Rovinski
for being a source of comfort to Ro-
semary in her last days.
The funeral will be held at 9:30
a.m. Wednesday from The Jacobs
Funeral Service, 47 Old River Road,
Wilkes-Barre, with a Mass of Chris-
tian Burial at 10 a.m. in St. Therese
Church, 25 Old River Road, Wilkes-
Barre. Interment will be in Saint
Mary’s Cemetery, Hanover Town-
ship. Friends may call from 5 to 8
p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.
In Rosemary’s honor, memorial
donations may be made to Little
Flower Manor.
A R I E S THE TIMES LEADER www.timesleader.com
Nancy Edith Demko
April 2, 2011
N ancy Edith Demko, 76, of
Wilkes-Barre Township, died
Saturday, April 2, 2011, at the
Wilkes-Barre General Hospital.
Her husband of 53 years is Louis
Demko Jr., Wilkes-Barre Township.
Born July 11, 1934, in Wilkes-
Barre, she was a daughter of the late
Francis and Lottie Woidzik Ihnat.
Nancy was a graduate of West Ha-
zleton High School, class of 1952.
She was an electronics technician
retiring from RCA, Mountain Top.
She was also a member of Ss. Peter
and Paul Ukrainian Catholic
Church, Wilkes-Barre.
Surviving, in addition to her hus-
band, Louis, are three children,
Louis David, Kathy, and Susan
Demko-Jasterzenski and husband
James; three grandchildren, Leah,
James, and Mercedes Jasterzenski;
and sister, Marie Napolsky.
Funeral services will be held at
9 a.m. Wednesday from the Simon
S. Russin Funeral Home, 136 Maf-
fett St., Plains Township, with a Di-
vine Liturgy and Requiem Services
Rose Garuba
April 2, 2011
R ose Garuba died Saturday, April
2, 2011, at Hospice Community
Care.
She was married to the late Sa-
muel J. Garuba, who passed in
March 2010.
Born in Pittston, Rose was a
daughter of the late Serafino and
Mary Milazzo Rollo.
She was a member of Mt. Carmel
Parish, educated in Pittston
schools, and prior to her retirement
she was employed in the local gar-
ment industry.
Rose was a loving mother and
grandmother, who had a special
place reserved in her heart for her
great-grandchildren, Zachary and
Nina Rose.
She was preceded in death by her
brothers Charles and Ralph, and sis-
ter Ann Lopez.
Rose is also survived by her
daughter, Rose Mary Colarusso,
Exeter; granddaughter, Kim Meigh-
an, West Wyoming; brother Leo-
nard, Bridgeport, Conn.; and sister
Jennie Rollo, Wesley Village; as well
as several nieces; nephews and cou-
Josephine Wojnar
April 3, 2011
Josephine F.
Wojnar, 93, of
Warrior Run,
died Sunday,
April 3, 2011, at
Hospice Com-
munity Care,
Inpatient Unit,
Geisinger
South Wilkes-Barre.
She was born in Ashley, on
March 19, 1918. She was a daugh-
ter of the late Anthony and Jose-
phine Zakrzewska Namiotka. She
was a graduate of Ashley High
School, class of 1936.
Josephine resided in Warrior
Run for most of her life, where she
was a member of the Warrior Run
Fire Auxiliary, and served as its
chaplain.
She was a member of Holy Fam-
ily Church, Sugar Notch.
Robert E. Collmier
April 3, 2011
Robert E. Collmier, 76, of Plains
Township, formerly of the North
and East End sections of Wilkes-
Barre, died Sunday, April 3, 2011, in
Wesley Village, Jenkins Township.
Mr. Collmier was born in Wilkes-
Barre, a son of the late William and
Kathleen Moran Collmier.
He attended Holy Saviors Ele-
mentary School and James M.
Coughlin High School, Wilkes-
Barre.
Mr. Collmier served in the Ma-
rine Corps for some time, and was
later employed by McCarthy Tire
Service, Wilkes-Barre, and by the H.
Merritt Hughes Funeral Home Inc.,
Wilkes-Barre.
Prior to his retirement in 1999, he
had been with the Wyoming Valley
Sanitary Authority, Hanover Town-
ship, for more than 25 years.
Bob was a member of the Cathol-
ic Community of Northeast Wilkes-
Barre, and of the Donegal Society.
In addition to his parents, he was
preceded in death by a son, Douglas
E. Collmier; a brother, William Coll-
mier; and sisters, Laverne Conway,
Celene Masters, and Adelaide
Drew.
at 9:30 a.m. in Ss. Peter and Paul Uk-
rainian Catholic Church, North Riv-
er Street, Wilkes-Barre, with the
Rev. Orest Kunderevych, pastor, of-
ficiating. Interment will follow in
the parish cemetery, Plains Town-
ship. Family and friends may call
from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday. A Parastas
Service will be held at 8 p.m.
Memorial gifts may be made to
Ss. Peter and Paul Ukrainian Ca-
tholic Church, 635 N. River St.,
Wilkes-Barre, PA. 18705.
sins.
The funeral will be at 9:30 a.m.
Wednesday in Mt Carmel Church,
William St., Pittston. Friends may
call from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the
Adonizio Funeral Home, 251 Wil-
liam St., Pittston. Those attending
the funeral are asked to go directly
to the church Wednesday morning.
Memorial contributions may be
made in Rose’s name to the Amer-
ican Cancer Society, 57 N. Franklin
St., Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701.
Josephine was preceded in death
by her husband of 62 years, Vincent
A. Wojnar; sisters, Edna Wojnar, Alice
Koslowski, Lottie Ruda, and Anna
Riscavage.
Surviving are her sons, Vincent A.
Wojnar, Mountain Top; Anthony V.
Wojnar, Mountain Top; and Ronald J.
Wojnar, San Antonio, Texas; as well
as 10 grandchildren, 11 great-grand-
children, and numerous nieces and
nephews.
Funeral services will be held at 9
a.m. Wednesday from the George A.
Strish Inc. Funeral Home, 105 N.
Main St., Ashley. A Mass of Christian
Burial is at 9:30 a.m. in Holy Family
Church, with the Rev. Joseph Kakare-
ka officiating. Interment will follow
in St. Mary’s Cemetery, Hanover
Township. Family and friends may
call from 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday and
from 8 to 9 a.m. Wednesday.
Bob is survived by his wife of 53
years, Carol Zaremski Collmier, at
home; a daughter, Mrs. Pamela
Findora, and her husband, John,
Jenkins Township; a sister, Mrs. Ro-
berta Kopstys, Wyoming; as well as
several nieces and nephews.
Funeral will be held at 1:30
p.m. Wednesday from the H.
Merritt Hughes Funeral Home Inc.,
451 N. Main St., Wilkes-Barre, with
a funeral Mass at 2 p.m. in St. Stanis-
laus Kostka Church, Wilkes-Barre.
Interment will be in St. Mary’s As-
sumption Byzantine Rite Catholic
Cemetery, Dallas. Friends may call
from 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday. A Chris-
tian Wake Service will be held Tues-
day.
The Collmier family also wishes
to thank the staff of Amedysis Hos-
pice and of Wesley Village for their
kindness and special attention to
Mr. Collmier during his last illness.
K
FUNERALS
ANSWINI- Dolores, memorial Mass
9:30 a.m. Tuesday in Ss. Peter &
Paul Church, Plains Township.
Friends may call at Ss. Peter & Paul
Church from 9 a.m. until time of
Mass.
ANZALONE- Angelo, funeral 9 a.m.
today from the Peter J. Adonizio
Funeral Home, 802 Susquehanna
Ave., West Pittston. Mass of Chris-
tian Burial 9:30 a.m. in Our Lady of
Mount Carmel Church, Pittston.
BASTEK – Edward, blessing service
and committal 1 p.m. Tuesday at
the Thomas P. Kearney Funeral
Home Inc., Old Forge. Friends may
call 5 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral
home.
BROWN – Charles, funeral 10 a.m.
today from the Earl W. Lohman
Funeral Home Inc., 14 W. Green St.,
Nanticoke.
CARDIMONA – Mary, funeral 9:30
a.m. Tuesday from the E. Blake
Collins Funeral Home, 159 George
Ave., Wilkes-Barre. Mass of Chris-
tian Burial 10 a.m. in St. Benedict’s
Church. Friends may call 4 to 8
p.m. today.
DELLARTE – Anthony, funeral 9 a.m.
today from the Howell-Lussi Funer-
al Home, 509 Wyoming Ave., West
Pittston. Mass of Christian Burial
9:30 a.m. in Immaculate Concep-
tion Church, West Pittston.
EVANS – Michael, funeral and Pa-
nachida 9 a.m. today from the
Michael J. Mikelski Funeral Home,
293 S. River St., Plains Township.
Office of Christian Burial with
Divine Liturgy 9:30 a.m. in St.
Mary’s Byzantine Catholic Church,
Wilkes-Barre.
GALKA – Walter, funeral 11 a.m. today
from the Richard H. Disque Funeral
Home Inc., 672 Memorial Highway,
Dallas.
JUZWIAK- John, funeral 11:30 a.m.
today from the Mark V. Yanaitis
Funeral Home, 55 Stark St., Plains
Township. Friends may call 10 a.m.
until the time of services.
LUCZAK- Helen, funeral 10 a.m.
Tuesday from the Charles V. Sher-
bin Funeral Home, 630 Main Road,
Hanover Green, Hanover Township.
Mass of Christian Burial at the
Exaltation of the Holy Cross
Church, Buttonwood. Friends may
call 4 to 7 p.m. today at the funeral
home.
MAZZA – Carmella, funeral 9:15 a.m.
Tuesday from the Thomas P.
Kearney Funeral Home Inc., 517 N.
Main St., Old Forge. Mass of Chris-
tian Burial 10 a.m. at St. Mary of
the Assumption Church, Old Forge.
Friends may call 5 to 8 p.m. today
at the funeral home.
MELNYK – Marian, Mass of Christian
Burial 10 a.m. today in Ss. Peter
and Paul Ukrainian Catholic
Church, Wilkes-Barre. Friends and
relatives are welcome to meet
directly at the church.
OLEXA – Anna, funeral 9:30 a.m.
today from the Betz-Jastremski
Funeral Home Inc., 568 Bennett
St., Luzerne. Rite of Christian
Burial 10 a.m. in St. Nicholas Byz-
antine Church, Swoyersville.
RASH- Margaret, funeral 9:30 a.m.
today from the Charles V. Sherbin
Funeral Home, 630 Main Rd.,
Hanover Green, Hanover Township.
Mass of Christian Burial 10 a.m. in
The Exaltation of the Holy Cross
Church, Buttonwood.
SIZE – James, funeral 9 a.m. today
from the Thomas J. Hughes Funer-
al Home Inc., 1240 St. Ann St.,
Scranton. Mass of Christian Burial
9:30 a.m. in Holy Rosary-St. An-
thony Parish, Scranton.
SMOCHARSKI – Stephen, funeral
9:30 a.m. Tuesday from the Ge-
orge A. Strish Inc. Funeral Home,
211 W. Main St., Glen Lyon. Mass of
Christian Burial 10 a.m. in Holy
Spirit Parish/St. Adalbert’s Church,
Glen Lyon. Friends may call 5 to 7
p.m. today.
VALENTA – Catherine, funeral 9:30
a.m. today with a Funeral Mass in
Our Lady of Hope Parish, 40 Park
Ave., Wilkes-Barre.
WILCOX – Robert, funeral 9:30 a.m.
Tuesday from the Kiesinger Funer-
al Services Inc., 255 McAlpine St.,
Duryea. Mass of Christian Burial 10
a.m. at St. Mary’s Church, Avoca.
Friends may call 2 to 4 p.m. and 7
to 9 p.m. today.
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County Study: Restless leg

nursing may hike heart risks
People with frequent leg long known that other types of

homes’
movements during sleep were
likely to have thick hearts.
sleep disturbances such as sleep
apnea raise the risk of heart prob-
lems.
The new research suggests the

cost eyed
County governments are
deciding whether to get out
of the nursing home business.
The Associated Press
ERIE — County governments
By MARILYNN MARCHIONE
AP Medical Writer
NEW ORLEANS — The night-
time twitching of restless legs
syndrome may be more than an
annoyance: New research sug-
gests that in some people, it
could be a sign of hidden heart
NIKO J. KALLIANIOTIS/FOR THE TIMES LEADER problems.
Crystal Tlatenchi, 9, reads a book during Saturday’s Hispanic Outreach Program at the McGo- People with very frequent leg
wan School of Business at King’s College. movements during sleep were
more likely to have thick hearts
same may be true of the syn-
drome, famously referred to as
“the jimmy legs” in an old “Sein-
feld” episode.
The study is one of the first to
look at how the syndrome affects
health “other than the nuisance
that it is,” said the cardiology col-
lege’s president, Dr. Ralph Brin-
dis of the University of California,
San Francisco.
It involved 584 people diag-
nosed with the syndrome by a

Providing an early opportunity to learn

across Pennsylvania are trying to
decide whether to get out of the
nursing home business, citing
the cost of the facilities and com-
petition from private homes.
At one time, 50 of Pennsylva-
nia’s 67 counties operated nurs-
ing homes, but fewer than half
— 33 — do now, according to
the Pennsylva-
“It’s like nia Depart-
ment of Health.
reassess- Luzerne
ment ... a County closed
down Valley
contro- Crest Nursing
versial is- Home in Plains
Township sev-
sue.” eral years ago
John Stoffa to cut costs and
Northampton is currently try-
County ing again to sell
executive the property.
Lackawanna
County offi-
cials say the $13.4 million sale of
the 272-bed Lackawanna County
Health Care Center to Miami-
based Millennium Management
LLC last year allowed the county
King’s College offers
Hispanic Outreach Program
to teach basic literacy.
By B. GARRET ROGAN
Times Leader Correspondent
WILKES-BARRE – Hispanic
parents of pre-schoolers can
now give their children a better
start in school and help them
keep up, thanks to a King’s Col-
lege program.
For the past few weeks,
King’s, through its Hispanic Ou-
treach Program, has been offer-
ing basic literacy classes for His-
panic families with preschool-
aged children.
The point of the class is to en-
courage basic English language
skills for parents to, in turn,
teach to their children in order
to prepare them for kindergar-
ten.
The classes were offered for
“We concentrate on basic things
like colors, seasons and the ABCs,”
she explained. “Children need to
know these things for kindergar-
ten, but sometimes the parents
don’t know them in English.”
Sosa is joined by Migdalia Tori-
bio, formerly of the Dominican Re-
public but, who like Sosa, has lived
in the U.S. for the past two dec-
ades, in providing instruction to
parents with limited English skills.
The classes, which generally
last about 75 minutes, are taught
bilingually and the material is sim-
ilar to what children are taught in
kindergarten. The two women re-
view the alphabet in English and
review common kindergarten vo-
cabulary words in Spanish before
translating them into English.
Materials such as activity books
and DVDs are also distributed in
order to emphasize the repetition
of the information at home.
Parents are encouraged to at-
tend the classes with their chil-
guage) courses are well attend-
ed. We also offer high school and
middle school mentoring pro-
grams,” he said.
The sessions are held twice
each week, Saturdays at the col-
lege’s McGowan School of Busi-
ness and Sundays in the cafete-
ria of St. Nicholas School on
South Washington Street.
For this session, 12 different
Hispanic families in the commu-
nity have attended the classes,
with seven attending regularly.
Schmitz hopes to offer the class-
es again if enough interest is
shown.
The classes began the week of
March 6 and ended Sunday.
Anyone interested in attending
future classes can contact the
King’s College Hispanic Ou-
treach Program at (570) 208-
8021.
— a condition that makes them
more prone to cardiac problems,
stroke and death, the study by
Mayo Clinic doctors found.
“We are not saying there is a
cause-and-effect relationship,”
just that restless legs might be a
sign of heart trouble that doctors
and patients should consider,
said Dr. Arshad Jahangir, a heart
rhythm specialist at the Mayo
Clinic Arizona in Scottsdale.
He led the study and gave re-
sults Sunday at an American Col-
lege of Cardiology conference in
New Orleans.
Restless legs syndrome is
thought to afflict millions,
though there’s argument about
just how many. Some doctors
think its seriousness has been ex-
aggerated, possibly to help sell
treatments.
The syndrome gained more
scientific respect several years
ago, when several genes were
linked to it. And doctors have
neurologist based on four widely
used criteria. Participants were
given an imaging test that al-
lowed heart thickness to be mea-
sured three ways, and were kept
overnight so their sleep could be
monitored.
Afterward, researchers divided
them into two groups based on
the frequency of leg twitches.
The 45 percent who twitched at
least 35 times per hour were
more likely to have the thick-
heart condition than the other 55
percent of study participants who
kicked less often.
Looking at all study participa-
nts about three years later, re-
searchers saw that those with se-
verely thick hearts — about a
quarter of the total group — were
more than twice as likely to have
suffered a heart problem or to
have died.
The study was funded by the
National Heart, Lung and Blood
Institute and a private grant.

to balance its budget and pay off
about $6 million in nursing-
home debt.
“Some counties ... feel very
the first time over the summer
of 2010. King’s decided to offer
them again after receiving a
grant from the Target Founda-
Introducing the
dren, who are given snacks as they
review basic English language
skills with a member of the pro-
gram.

strongly that the county should
be in the nursing home busi-
ness,” said Michael J. Wilt, exec-
utive director of the Pennsylva-
tion.
Teresa Sosa, originally of
Mexico but residing in the U.S.
for the last 20 years, teaches the
most advanced
Brother George Schmitz of the
Hispanic Outreach Program point-
ed out that the classes are just
some of the educational opportu-

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New heart
Questions persist one year after Gary Wayne Quarles died in W.Va. disaster that killed 29

valve fix Family can’t get past son’s death, mine blast
shows By VICKI SMITH
Associated Press
NAOMA, W.Va. — Gary Quar-
a spark that ignited a small
amount of methane gas. They
theorize highly explosive coal
Massey handled safety.
Mullins told the panel Massey’s
mandate was to run coal at any

promise
les kneels on his living room car- dust that had been allowed to ac- cost. Quarles talked about how at
pet and unrolls the 4-foot-long cumulate in the mine mixed with Massey mines, people on the sur-
map that he has studied so many the methane to create a blast so face would alert the men under-
times, trying to understand why powerful it turned corners and ground when a federal inspector
his son died in the Upper Big rounded a 1,000-foot-wide block arrived.
Report says patients can have Branch mine. of coal, packing the power to kill And yet, Quarles is conflicted.
As a coal miner with 34 years men more than a mile away. Massey is treating him well —
aortic valve placed through a
underground, Quarles explains Virginia-based Massey denies sending him a check every two
tube in an artery. how things worked before the any wrongdoing, blaming a sud- weeks even though he doesn’t re-
Massey Energy mine in Montcoal den inundation of natural gas that port for duty.
exploded a year ago Tuesday. overwhelmed all safety systems. Massey, however, may soon
By MARILYNN MARCHIONE He sees the pace of the longwall Gary Quarles doesn’t believe cease to exist. Alpha Natural Re-
AP Medical Writer cutting machine, the places it was the machine’s teeth or his son’s ac- sources of Abingdon, Va., is trying
NEW ORLEANS — Cardiolo- forced to slow down. And he sees tions had anything to do with the to buy the company for $7.1 bil-
gists are reporting a major ad- where his 33-year-old son Gary blast. Any time the cutting drum lion in a deal expected to close lat-
vance: A long-awaited study sug- Wayne Quarles was working with digs into sandstone, he says, AP PHOTO er this year.
gests that many people with a bad crewmates Grover Skeens and “what you got is a ring of fire, no Gary Quarles points to a map of a coal mine where his son Gary When that happens, will Gary
aortic valve, the heart’s main gate, Joel Price, and their supervisor, matter if you got dull bits or new Wayne Quarles was found dead a year ago. Quarles still have a paycheck?
can avoid open-heart surgery and Rick Lane. bits.” Quarles figures he might be of-
have a new one placed through a They are identified on paper as Quarles talks with people he She rocks slightly in a recliner, it in him to continue what he fered the chance to return, but he
tube in an artery instead. Victims 9-12. considers the best longwall oper- dark hair still wet from a shower thought would be a lifelong ca- doesn’t think Massey would want
There is a downside — a higher And they’re not where they ators in the country, and one told she didn’t bother getting until reer. him. “They always preach safety
risk of stroke — and uncertainty were supposed to be. him air flow would have been crit- midafternoon, and describes her “It lays on my mind because and never do it,” he says, “and I
about how long these valves will They were, Gary Quarles be- ical: With enough fresh air, me- life now: “You go to bed and you I’ve always worked, I’ve always believe I’d make them walk the
last. lieves, running for their lives, try- thane isn’t a problem. With get up and you go back to bed.” provided. And I kind of wonder line.”
“The fact Still, doctors ing to escape after something enough air, a “pop-up” doesn’t be- Gary nods. He recalls the day a how things is going to go down
Son was uncomplicated
predicted that if went wrong near the end of their come a disaster. relative told him to pull himself the road, how hard things is gon-
that it’s the new valve 101⁄2-hour shift. So Quarles attends the occa- together, to get out and have a lit- na be,” he says. Gary Wayne Quarles was a sim-
not open- wins federal ap- But no matter how often he sional meetings with Massey or tle fun. He talks to a psychiatrist about ple man devoted to his children,
heart sur- proval, patients
would embrace
looks at the map, no matter how
many meetings he attends or how
with Mine Safety and Health Ad-
ministration investigators, await-
“There’s no fun to be done
now,” he says, eyes filling with
his anxiety and tries to accept re-
assurance that it’s natural.
Rabekka and Trevor.
His parents’ living room was al-
gery sells it as they did many investigators he talks to, he ing answers. And he goes to coun- tears. “It’s like the life been sucked Besides, he has another job ways full of photos, but now it’s a
balloon angio- still has questions. seling instead of work, his old life right out of me.” now: In private meetings with the shrine.
itself.” plasty, which The explosion killed 29 men in now on hold. other victims’ families, he has Gary and Patty still imagine
Dr. Craig Smith has allowed mil- all. It was the deadliest U.S. coal Gary Wayne was his best friend A changed man emerged as an unofficial spokes- him lumbering across the yard
Columbia lions to have mining accident since1970, and it and his only child, conceived For 34 years, Gary Quarles man, along with friend Clay Mul- from his doublewide, hollering
University and clogged arteries remains the target of civil and when Gary’s wife, Patty, was just worked underground. Like his lins, whose brother Rex was also through their front door after
New York- fixed without an criminal investigations. But a 15. son, his last day on the job was killed. Mullins, who quit Upper work, sitting down to dinner with
Presbyterian
operation. year later, there are still ques- “He made us grow up really April 5, 2010. Big Branch three years before the his dad.
Hospital
“The fact that tions. fast, and he turned us into who we Since then, the thought of re- blast to work for Patriot Coal Gary Wayne had been working
it’s not open- Federal investigators believe are,” she says. turning to Massey’s Parker Peer- Corp., hasn’t returned to work, ei- as much overtime as he could,
heart surgery the explosion started when teeth Patty, a homemaker, still keeps less mine has become a paralyz- ther. sending paychecks to his ex-wife,
sells itself, and the rest gets lost in on the mining machine Gary an immaculate house. But she’s ing combination of fear, heart- The two men testified at a con- “keeping just enough to get by,”
the mix,” said Dr. Craig Smith, Wayne had been running created just going through the motions. break and guilt. He no longer has gressional hearing about how his mother says.
heart surgery chief at Columbia
University and New York-Presby-
terian Hospital.
He led the study and gave re-
sults Sunday at an American Col-
lege of Cardiology conference in
New Orleans.
Dr. Michael Crawford, chair-
man of the meeting and cardiolo-
gy chief at the University of Cali-
fornia, San Francisco, called it “a
historic event” that would dramat-
ically change practice. “As good as
surgery is, patients just don’t want
it,” he said.
The aortic valve can stiffen and
narrow with age, making the
heart strain to push blood through
it. Severe cases are treated with
surgery to replace the valve, but
that’s risky for many older people
who have this problem. Without
an operation, half die within two
years.
The study tested a way to
wedge in a new valve without sur-
gery. Dr. Edward McNulty, a car-
diologist at the University of Cali-
fornia, San Francisco, explained
how it works:
Through an artery in the groin
or the chest, “a new heart valve is
literally crimped on a balloon and
advanced across the narrowed, ol-
der, diseased heart valve. The bal-
loon is inflated and the new valve
left in place.”
A test of this gentler approach
in people too sick for surgery
found it greatly improved surviv-
al, doctors reported last fall. The
new study involved nearly 700
people eligible but at high risk for
surgery.
Their median age was 84, and
they were randomly assigned to
get valves replaced through sur-
gery or the new way. Here’s how
much people dread this operation:
28 people withdrew from the
study or refused treatment once
they learned they had been placed
in the surgery group.
In the end, both groups did very
well.
After one year, about 24 percent
of the artery patients and 27 per-
cent of the surgery patients had
died — comparable results in a
study this size and considerably
fewer than researchers had pre-
dicted.
However, strokes and other
neurological problems were twice
as common in the artery-treated
group — 8 percent versus 4 per-
cent. Previous studies also found
more strokes with the artery ap-
proach.
Other complications were a
trade-off: Major bleeding and new
cases of a fluttering heartbeat
called atrial fibrillation were more
common after surgery; there were
more blood-vessel problems with
the artery approach.
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WORLD OPINION
Is U.S. foreign policy
headed in new direction?
N
EARLY TWO weeks
after U.S. and Eu-
ropean jets started
pounding forces loyal
to Libyan leader Moammar
Gadhafi’s, President Barack
Obama finally broke his silence
on what’s being labeled as the
third Western war on the Mus-
lim world.
The U.S. leader tried to ex-
plain to Americans why the
United States had to get in-
volved in Libya. And ever the
suave and persuasive orator
that he is, Obama managed to
do so.
Indeed, even as the United
States, France and Britain
come under fire for Libyan
strikes, some of which have
ended up killing civilians, it’s
not possible to ignore the fact
that the West was offered a per-
fect opportunity – excuse? – to
intervene in the Arab country
by the Libyan strongman him-
self who unleashed despicable
savagery against his people.
Of course, given the long
QUOTE OF THE DAY
“The job market is kicking into full
gear.”
Mark Zandi
The chief economist for forecaster Moody’s
Analytics assessed a better-than-expected
unemployment report last week that showed
employers added 216,000 jobs in March. The manufacturing sector
reported its fifth consecutive month of job growth.
Support nuke workers
S
AFETY MUST BE en-
sured for the workers
on the front line of the
battle to contain the
nuclear crisis triggered by the
March 11 earthquake and tsu-
nami.
As of this writing in late
March, the Nos. 1-4 reactors at
the Fukushima plant are still in
dangerous and volatile condi-
tions. It is imperative to re-
store the cooling systems for
these reactors and their spent
fuel pools to stabilize the situa-
tion.
Completing the mission will
take at least a month, accord-
ing to one estimate.
Some 700 employees of
TEPCO and affiliated compa-
Even approach to energy D
T
HE STUNT monkeys
from Greenpeace
showed up in Cour-
tice, Ontario, to do
what they always do. After all,
the stunt monkeys are nothing
if not predictable.
This time, they chained
themselves to a table – other
times it’s a gate, or a tree or a
piece of equipment – to disrupt
public hearings into Ontario
Power Generation’s plan to
build new reactors at the Dar-
lington Nuclear Station.
Greenpeace pulls these
stunts because it has nothing
constructive or realistic to of-
fer to solve complex problems
such as balancing our energy
Editorial Board
RICHARD L. CONNOR
Editor and Publisher
JOE BUTKIEWICZ
Vice President/Executive Editor
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and sordid history of Western
machinations in the region, it’s
but natural everyone is suspi-
cious of its intentions. How can
anyone forget what happened
– and is still happening – in Af-
ghanistan and Iraq?
This is why many suspect
the Western interest in Libya is
driven by the oil factor.
It has taken Uncle Sam eight
years and more than 5,000
American lives, not to mention
more than a million Iraqi lives
and destruction of an ancient
civilization, to realize the ab-
surd and unjust nature of its
foreign policy. Nonetheless,
this is a welcome change in the
U.S. policy, if it’s indeed a
change.
Does it mean the United
States finally has realized that
it’s not the lord of all it surveys
and regime change is not its job
but rather the job of the Libyan
people? We’ll wait and see.
Arab News
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
nies are working at the Fu-
kushima power station. Many
of them come from communi-
ties in the quake-hit areas.
Some of them have had their
houses swept away by the tsu-
nami. Some of them can get
only one or two hours of sleep
in a chair a day.
A system should be created
swiftly to ensure that the peo-
ple engaged in the heroic ef-
forts to defuse this national cri-
sis will receive all the possible
support from both the govern-
ment and the private sector, in-
cluding from the nuclear pow-
er industry, nuclear safety ex-
perts and medical institutions.
The Asahi Shimbun, Tokyo
needs with public safety and
concern for the environment.
If wind and solar energy
were capable – as the stunt
monkeys inaccurately claim –
of providing reliable, afforda-
ble, on-demand, base-load
electricity to the Ontario grid,
who wouldn’t be in favor of
shutting down all nuclear
plants tomorrow?
But that’s just not realistic.
And so we have tough deci-
sions to make in a province
where 50 percent of our power
comes from nuclear energy, ba-
lancing safety with energy and
environmental concerns.
The Ottawa Sun, Canada
MARK E. JONES
Editorial Page Editor
PRASHANT SHITUT
President/Wilkes-Barre Publishing Co.
Motorists and cell phones: Driving under the influence
“HELLO? … No you’re not
interrupting. I was just on
my way to work and reading
this crazy article in The
Times Leader on my iPhone.
… What article? I’ll email the
link after I hang up.
“It’s some nonsense about how Wilkes-
Barre banned cell phone use while driving.
Who knew?
“… OMG, I couldn’t agree more! Who do
they think they are, stomping on my civil
liberties? Someone should sue. I mean, I’m
not hurting anyone.
“Maybe I’ll text my attorney. I’m sure I’ll
have enough time before I get to work. I’m
just coming down Blackman Street now and
turning onto Main … Look at that jerk on the
sidewalk screaming at me, something about
‘it’s red,’ I think. Don’t know what he’s going
on about. I should take a picture and post it
on my Facebook page; he looks so insane. I
mean, LOL if you saw it! – HEY, UP YOURS,
BUD!
“No, sorry, I wasn’t talking to you. Some
dweeb just beeped at me. … I don’t know why.
I was swerving to avoid a pothole and he
nearly hit me. If he’d just watch where he’s
going, that kind of stuff wouldn’t happen.
Everyone knows this is pothole season.
MAIL BAG LETTERS FROM READERS
Liberals unusually silent
during bombing of Libya
o we remember when President Bush
invaded Iraq? Our liberal friends con-
demned him, called him names, etc.
I wonder what their thoughts are now
that we are bombing a sovereign nation
that posed no immediate threat to the
United States. We are supporting a rebel
group that is attempting to overthrow the
ruler of that nation.
I wonder what our government would
do if a bunch of disgruntled rebels (militia)
decided to overthrow President Obama?
Funny how quiet the national networks
had been on the fact that Obama didn’t get
the approval of Congress to start bombing
a sovereign nation.
I read recently that we have launched
160 Tomahawk missiles and have spent a
total of $9 billion to enforce the no-fly zone
over Libya.
If only Japan had half of that for emer-
gency assistance. Or our own people.
I find it hard to believe that we can’t stop
a bunch of ragtag pirates from capturing
ships near Somalia, but we can attack a
nation!
C. Kaspriski
Pittston
DOONESBURY
MARK GUYDISH
COMMENTARY
“… What did the article say? Funny stuff,
like how the city doesn’t know if it actually
cited anyone for violating that stupid law, and
how they lump all traffic violations together
and don’t bother tracking which ones are for
cell phone use. Typical.
“… What do I mean? C’mon, it’s another
example of our tax dollars not at work. Lazy
cops can’t even tell us how they spend our
money. Not that it makes any sense trying to
enforce the dumb law. I mean, if they start
pulling over people, I’ll just start putting my
phone on speaker and keep it out of sight.
HOLD ON!
“… What? Oh, some idiot pedestrian just
walked right out onto the road like he had the
right-of-way or something. I swear, I don’t
know where their heads are at. What am I,
invisible in my bright red, 2 ton car? I nearly
turned the twit into a hood ornament. Prob-
ably some unemployed bum. I mean, why else
would he be out walking in the middle of
nowhere?
“… Where was he? Um … I was coming
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Questions for writer who
said belief ‘irrational’
I
n a recent letter, a spokesman for the
NEPA Freethought Society said that
belief in an omni-god is “irrational.” He
apparently comes to this conclusion be-
cause the Earth doesn’t suit him.
His points are infused with implicit
theology of his own that seems to say
something like “if a God exists, he must
create a perfect world where everyone
must be happy.” His argument is not sci-
ence versus theology. Christians know
where they got their theology. Where does
he get his? How does he justify his presum-
ptions?
Similarly, his points are based on the
idea of “bad design.” If bad design is a
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MONDAY, APRIL 4, 2011 PAGE 11A
through that annoying intersection at Wood
Street. I hate that place; the traffic light seems
so pointless … What color was it? It must’ve
been green, there was no traffic coming off
Wood.
“You know what really ticked me off about
the article? There are people trying to get the
state to ban cell phone use while driving. As
if. Maybe when they pry my phone from my
cold, dead hand, right?
“WHOA!
“Sorry, some sand-for-brains just ripped
across the road in front of me as I came up to
Northampton. He drove right through the
intersection as if he owns the road. Some of
these nimrods should never get a license; they
just don’t pay any attention, like I’m not even
there.
“Hey, I’ve gotta hang up soon, I’m almost
there. I’m going through Public Square. I kind
of like it. Since it’s all one-way, you can sort of
zip right through without worrying about the
lights.
“Oh, man, now you made me miss my turn
into the parking lot. I have to go around the
block. … No, No, I can still talk. Just don’t
distract me again.”
Mark Guydish can be reached at 829-7161 or via
email: mguydish@timesleader.com.
pointer to non-design, then one must justi-
fy what the original purpose of the pro-
posed designer is! Justin Vacula, the
spokesman, must justify his theological
presuppositions.
There also is a problem of optimizing a
design across multiple goals. For example,
a laptop computer could be much more
powerful if you didn’t care if it weighed 50
pounds. Earth is similar, in that there are
tradeoffs. We get rain to grow our food, but
we get floods. Earthquakes, caused by
tectonic plate shifts, are part of the natural
order that makes life on Earth possible.
This is, in turn, caused by atomic reactions
inside the Earth’s core. Without it, life on
Earth would not be possible.
He also says that the universe is ulti-
mately indifferent to human life. Vacula’s
arguments neglect the cosmological fine-
tuning argument and the anthropic princi-
ple. These show that Earth is exquisitely
suited for human life.
Vacula is right about donating to char-
itable organizations such as the Red Cross.
But, he gives us no ethical foundation by
which he is informed to do one thing or
the other. In the Bible’s book of Micah,
Chapter 6, Verse 8, we are directed by the
Lord’s requirement “to do justice and to
love kindness, and to walk humbly with
your God.”
James Sinclair
Wright Township
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ABOUT MIKE BLAZICK

VETS BLAZICK Age: 37

Continued from Page 1A
Memorial – all during the Cher-
ry Blossom season in the na-
tion’s capital.
U.S. Reps. Lou Barletta and
Tom Marino will also meet the
veterans upon their arrival near
the National World War II Me-
morial this afternoon.
“I consider it an honor to be
able to greet these men and
women, the young heroes of yes-
teryear, as they arrive in Wash-
ington, D.C., (today). I am glad
that they will be able to see in
person the wondrous monu-
ment to their courage and sacri-
fice,” said Marino.
Barletta, who said he hasn’t
seen many of the memorials
himself, said he’s proud to know
a young person from his district
took on such a project.
“(The trip is) very impor-
tant,” he said. “I believe this will
be very meaningful to the veter-
ans to see a young student put-
ting together a trip like this …
I’m sure it will make the hearts
of these veterans proud as well.”
Neubauer organized a pan-
cake breakfast, an American Le-
gion dinner-dance and other
events to raise money for the
trip. Between trying to manage
school, a babysitting gig and
having a social life, Neubauer
said the senior project was quite
a challenge.
To date, Neubauer has raised
more than $6,200 since Novem-
Continued from Page 1A
a bank of which former Judge Mi-
chael Conahan had been a board
member.
“There was an appearance of
impropriety ... it was an easy deci-
sion,” Blazick said, after review-
ing records and transcripts from
court proceedings.
Blazick said he feels he is set
apart from the other 15 candi-
dates because he is the “most ex-
perienced” with handling large
civil cases.
Shortly after graduating from
Temple University School of
Law, Blazick said, he went to
work for a large Philadelphia law
firm.
From there, Blazick went to
work for Hourigan, Kluger &
PETE G. WILCOX/THE TIMES LEADER, Quinn law firm in Kingston,
Jenna Neubauer of Mountain Top, a student at Crestwood High School, second from right, orga- where he represented injured
nized a fundraiser called "Vets to DC" to provide an all-expenses-paid trip to Washington for local people in complex product liabil-
veterans. Some of the veterans from the American Legion Post 781 in Mountain Top helping Jenna ity and major medical malprac-
with fundraising are, from the left, Chet Buff, Bill Heckman, John Columbo and Al Finn. tice claims.
Two years later, he began his
Neubauer’s parents are Den- private firm in Wilkes-Barre,
nis and Kathy Neubauer of where he has practiced in 14 dif-
Mountain Top. ferent counties over the last two
“If no one takes it over next years, including in federal court.
year (at the school), and if Jenna “The key to being a good judge
goes to (college) locally, we’ll do is being able to jump in, apply the
it next year,” said Dennis. principles of law, ask good ques-
Community outreach has tions,” Blazick said. “The ability
been the key in garnering to learn and reason are important
enough funds to allow veterans aspects.”
to attend the trip. Neubauer, Blazick said he expects to
who was even nominated for the spend between $40,000 and
Daughters of the American Rev-
olution’s Community Service
Education: Graduate of Bishop
Hoban High School; Susquehanna
University; Temple University
School of Law
Law experience: Law clerk for
Judge John T.J. Kelly, state Supe-
rior Court; previously worked at a
Philadelphia law firm handling
medical malpractice, product
liability, pharmaceutical liability
and commercial disputes
Community affiliations: Coach
for White Haven baseball and
Mountain Top Youth Soccer
leagues; member of the Volun-
teers of America Northeast Re-
gional Counsel
Family: Wife, Kate; two children,
Hillary and Owen
$50,000 for the primary election,
and that as in 2009, he will not ac-
cept campaign contributions
from attorneys.
“I’m not comfortable with that
process. I feel it’s been a problem
for a long time,” Blazick said.
If elected, Blazick said he
would like to expedite the “tre-
mendous” backlog of civil cases
by creating a case management
program.
That program would assign li-
tigators several dates in which
they would appear in court, so
that the case doesn’t bounce
around from judge to judge.
Blazick said he would also sup-
port a unified system for all state
courts to follow so that attorneys
don’t have to learn several local
rules for each court in which they
appear.

ber toward her cause – enough
for two buses to accommodate
about 85 veterans and their fam-
ily members, as well as break-
fast, lunch and dinner. She’s
even planning to use excess
funds to plan another trip next
year.
Award as a result of her efforts,
said she was amazed by the com-
munity’s response to her pro-
ject.
“The community has been
great,” she said. “It shows that
everyone does appreciate veter- Jenna Neubauer, right, and classmate Ashley Knesis make bag
ans.”
DRILLING
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PETE G. WILCOX/THE TIMES LEADER New York is doing. The industry,
however, urged action, citing the
lunches at Jenna’s house for the trip to Washington, D.C. region’s need for an economic
boost and the national market for
clean-burning, domestic energy.
Pennsylvania, which has seen
landowners enriched and busi-
nesses profit from the portion of
the massive Marcellus Shale un-
derneath the commonwealth, is
pressing ahead. But Delaware and
New Jersey, with no shale and
therefore less to gain, have been
cautious.
“These are decisions that are

LIBYA
Continued from Page 1A
A-10 Thunderbolts and Marine
Corps AV-8B Harriers will con-
tinue to attack Gadhafi’s troops
and other sites through this eve-
ning. These aircraft are among
the most precise in the Ameri-
can arsenal.
“From the Libyan envoy’s
comments it appears that the re-
gime is seeking a solution,”
Greek Foreign Minister Dimi-
tris Droutsas said in a statement
after the meeting in Athens.
The foreign minister said the
Greek side stressed the interna-
tional community’s call for Li-
bya to comply with the U.N. res-
olution that authorized the air-
strikes and demanded Gadhafi
and the rebels end hostilities.
The message, Droutsas said,
was: “Full respect and imple-
mentation of the United Na-
tions decisions, an immediate
cease-fire, an end to violence
and hostilities, particularly
against the civilian population
of Libya.”
Gadhafi’s government has de-
clared several cease-fires but
has not abided by them.
Few other details of the Ath-
ens talks were released publical-
ly.
On Friday, the Libyan envoy
had said Gadhafi’s government
was attempting to hold talks
with the U.S., Britain and
France in an effort to halt the in-
ternational airstrikes that began
March 19 and which have
pounded Libya’s troops and ar-
mor and grounded its air force.
Gadhafi’s superior forces had
been close to taking the rebel
capital of Benghazi in eastern
Libya before the international
military campaign.
Rebel forces made up of de-
fected army units and armed ci-
Libyan rebels pray Sunday before shelling pro-Gadhafi positions just outside Brega, Libya. A Li-
byan rebel leader says the rebels want to install a parliamentary democracy.
vilians have since seized much
of Libya’s eastern coast, but
have been unable to push west-
ward toward the capital, Tripoli.
On Sunday, Gadhafi’s forces
pressed on with attacks against
Misrata, the last key city in the
western half of the country still
largely under rebel control de-
spite a weeks-long assault.
Government troops besieged
civilian areas for around two
hours Sunday morning with
Grad rockets and mortar shells
and lined a main street with
snipers, said a doctor in the city.
Two shells landed on a field
hospital, killing one person and
injuring 11, he said. The attacks,
including tank fire, began again
after nightfall, he said. He did
not want to be identified by
name out of fear for his security.
A Turkish ship carrying 250
wounded from Misrata docked
in Benghazi on Sunday. The
boat, which carried medical
supplies, was also expected to
pick up around 60 wounded
people being treated in various
hospitals in Benghazi, as well as
30 Turks and 40 people from
Greece, Ukraine, Britain, Uzbe-
kistan, Germany and Finland.
A leader of the rebel move-
ment, meanwhile, sought to
ease concerns from Western
governments about its charac-
ter and goals, emphasizing in an
interview that the rebels will
not allow Islamic extremists to
hijack their plans to install a
parliamentary democracy in
place of Gadhafi’s four-decade
rule.
The issue takes on added im-
portance as Western officials de-
bate whether to send the rebels
weaponry in an attempt to help
them gain the upper hand over
Gadhafi’s superior troops.
“Libyans as a whole — and I
am one of them — want a civil-
ian democracy, not dictator-
ship, not tribalism and not one
based on violence or terrorism,”
AP PHOTO
said Abdel-Hafidh Ghoga, vice
chairman of the opposition’s Na-
tional Provisional Council.
The council, based in Bengha-
zi, was formed to represent the
opposition in the eastern Li-
byan cities that shook off con-
trol of the central government
in a series of popular uprisings
that began Feb. 15.
In Washington, the chairman
of the Intelligence Committee
in the House of Representatives
was among several key lawmak-
ers cautioning that the U.S. and
its allies needed to know much
more about the rebel forces be-
fore providing them with weap-
ons.
Mike Rogers, a Republican
from Michigan, said on NBC tel-
evision’s “Meet the Press” that
there may be strains of al-Qaida
within the rebel ranks and the
NATO-led coalition in the cam-
paign against Gadhafi should
proceed with caution before
arming them.
The commission says the shale
areas of the basin, which includes
portions of New York, could have
15,000 to 18,000 wells at some
point, built on about 2,000 well
pads encompassing up to 12,000
acres, plus more land for pipelines
and infrastructure.
But 15 million people from Phi-
ladelphia to New York use the wa-
ter, and some pristine areas of the
river north of Trenton have been
federally designated for extra
oversight.
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FRANKLIN TWP. – Spring
cleanup for residents will be 9
a.m. to 5 p.m. May 6 and 8 a.m.
to 3 p.m. May 7.
Residents are asked to bring
items to the Municipal Building.
The township’s Road Depart-
ment and volunteers can assist in
emptying vehicles. Proof of resi-
dency will be required.
The following conditions and
limitations apply: $20 will be
assessed for the first pickup load,
$25 for a second load, trailers
will be charged additional fees.
Residents are asked to have
either the exact amount of cash
or a check. Each household will
be limited to up to four tires at
$3 per tire. Tires must be re-
moved from rims and be clean,
not cut or busted-off rims. They
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stumps, leaves, grass, animal or
human waste, household gar-
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materials, chain- link fence, wire,
going to affect multiple genera-
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O’Mara, secretary of the Depart-
ment of Natural Resources and
Environmental Control. “It’s bet-
ter to get it right than to do it fast.”
John Plonski, assistant New
Jersey commissioner for water re-
sources and the state’s commis-
sioner on the interstate panel,
said New Jersey “has always tak-
en the position that our primary
responsibility is to protect the in-
tegrity of the Delaware River.”
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cans.
Appliances: $5 each for refrig-
erators, stoves, freezers, air con-
ditioners and dehumidifiers, with
documentation that all Freon and
other gases have been removed.
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an occupancy permit for any
residential dwelling located
within the borough, including
rental properties.
Cost is $25. Residents and
landlords may apply for a permit
during regular business hours,
Monday through Friday.
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Effect of weight, smoking on breast cancer risk studied FASHION
By MARILYNN MARCHIONE
AP Medical Writer
Smoking raises the risk of
breast cancer for healthy-weight
and overweight women but not
for those who are obese, new re-
search suggests.
It’s a first-of-its-kind finding,
and even if other studies confirm
it, it doesn’t mean that smoking is
safe for women who weigh way
too much, researchers say.
“Smoking is a strong risk factor
for many other diseases other
than breast cancer,” including
lung cancer and heart disease,
said Juhua Luo, a West Virginia
University scientist.
She led the study and present-
ed results Sunday at a meeting of
the American Association for
Cancer Research in Orlando, Fla.
Obesity has long been recog-
nized as a risk factor for breast
cancer, but research tying smok-
ing to breast cancer is much weak-
er. In March, Luo published re-
sults of a study that found a16 per-
cent higher risk of breast cancer
among postmenopausal women
who smoke or used to smoke ver-
sus those who never did.
The 76,628 women were in a
government-funded, decades-
long study called the Women’s
Health Initiative, and 3,378 breast
cancer cases occurred.
Luo’s new study looks closer at
these same women according to
body mass index, a measure of
height and weight.
Those who were healthy-
weight or merely overweight,
with BMIs under 30, were more
likely to develop breast cancer if
they smoked; the risk was 16 per-
cent higher for those smoking for
10 to 29 years and 25 percent high-
er for those who smoked 30 to 49
years.
However, researchers saw no
added breast cancer risk in obese
smokers (BMI of 30 or above)
compared to nonsmokers who
weighed that much.
Researchers had no explana-
tion for the results. Many breast
cancers are fueled by estrogen,
and fat tissue makes that hor-
mone. So it could be that obesity
is contributing so much risk al-
ready that a smaller risk from
smoking is less apparent in these
women.
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thought it would be a good outing
for us together,” said Hoffman.
Exeter Township resident Annie
Sonday was accompanied by her
three nieces, Lara and Daria
Whyne, ages 9 and 11, and Erica
Kline,14.
“I want to see something that
goes, ‘Bam!’ and really stands out,”
said Daria.
“It’s a girls’ day, definitely,” said
Sonday. “I think it’s a unique fun-
draiser, and fun.”
Friends Debra Ganz and Martha
Tilghman were enjoying the food
and hoping to win one of more than
a dozen gift baskets that were raf-
fled off.
“We saw the ad and thought this
would be a nice thing to do on a
spring afternoon,” said Ganz.
The Rev. John Major, rector at
Prince of Peace, called the event a
success.
“This was a fun event not just for
our parish community but for our
neighborsandthelargercommuni-
ty. The food was good, the models
were near professional and the kids
were outstanding,” said Major.
“This really was a nice way to step
into spring for our parish and for
our larger community.
 CMYK

THE TIMES LEADER

SPORTS timesleader.com
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MONDAY, APRIL 4, 2011

B

NCAA BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT

ONE LAST DANCE 66 games later, two teams

left chasing championship
BUTLER UNIVERSITY BULLDOGS
Butler guard Shel-
vs. vin Mack has led
UNIVERSITY of CONNECTICUT HUSKIES the Bulldogs back
9:23 p.m., Today to their second
straight national
TV Coverage: 9 p.m., CBS championship
game. Butler plays
By EDDIE PELLS
Connecticut

H
AP National Writer
tonight.
Connecticut’s
OUSTON — Butler coach
Kemba Walker Brad Stevens loves an under-
scored 18 points
Saturday night
dog, whether it’s his team
to help lift back in the Final Four or Connecti-
UConn past
Kentucky, 56-
cut making an unprecedented five-
55. The Huskies games-in-five-nights run through the Big
will face Butler
tonight for the
East tournament.
national title. Wait, what?
A Big East team as an underdog? The coach at tiny
Butler cheering for big, bad UConn?
Welcome to the bizarro world of college basketball in
2011 — a sport where not only is anything possible, but
where nothing quite makes sense. A sport in which the
story of a small school from a small conference making a
run to a title is no more rare than that of the late-season
See NCAA, Page 4B

This one’s about the dog

By MAC ENGEL
McClatchy Newspapers
HOUSTON — Once the fat little English Bull-
dog stumbled, drooled and slipped his way off
the floor it was over. It is mathematically impos-
sible to actively root against an over-skinned, panti-
ng, dumpy little puppy.
Seldom has a mascot so appropriately embodied
his school. Butler is the cute little team we all des-
perately want to win. And its dog is the deciding
factor of a nearly impossible decision: Who to root
for in David vs. David?
How do you pick between Underdog 1 vs. Under-
dog 2?
The answer is the dog.
Butler’s 70-62 win against Virginia Common-
AP PHOTO
wealth in the first national semifinal game really
O P I N I O N
had no losers. This game is all about the
final tonight, and whether either can actual-
ly do this.
Quick show of hands, who had Butler in
the national title game in consecutive
years? The same number who had TCU
winning the Rose Bowl?
Butler is to college basketball what TCU
is to college football. But because basketball
has this silly little thing called a tournament,
Butler can finish off what TCU has fought for
nearly a decade.
“I definitely see the comparisons there,”
See DOG, Page 4B MCT PHOTO

WOMEN’S TOURNAMENT CYC L I N G AHL

Notre Dame sends

Connecticut home
Fighting Irish knock off No. 1 Huskies,
advance to national championship game.
The Associated Press
INDIANAPOLIS — Even Maya Moore’s
magic wasn’t enough for Connecticut this
time.
Sophomore guard Skylar
Diggins scored 28 points and
hot-shooting Notre Dame up-
set UConn 72-63 on Sunday
night, ending the brilliant ca-
reer of Moore and the Husk-
ies’ quest for a third straight
national championship.
Pens earn time off
by beating Crunch
By LINDSAY KRAMER
For the Times Leader
SYRACUSE, N.Y. –
There’s been lots of
reason for cheer in the
Wilkes-Barre/Scran-
ton locker room this
season.
PENGUINS
Still, the three bursts
SUBMITTED PHOTO of applause that wafted
Pictured are members of the Upstate Velo Club. From row, from left: John Novak,
James Pitman, Phil Cable, Amy Coop. Back row: Jude Cooney, Jesse Gydosh, Tony
out of the Penguins’
room in Syracuse late
CRUNCH
Baldo, Dan Ellis, Tom Meighen, Booey Hottenstein,Dave Novak, Like Lukas, Mike Adsit, Sunday afternoon
Jim Kotz, Eddie Ellard, Stijn Amundson, Kristin Patchel, Brian Hazenshi, Mary Stella were tinged with a lit-
set records. We still have
some work to do. We’ve
had some mental mis-
takes the past couple of
games you don’t want to
have.’’
5
Paul Thompson, Corey
Potter and Geoff Walker
also tallied for the Pen-
guins, and Thompson’s
3
score was his first as a
pro. Goalie Brad Thies-
sen made 23 stops.
In a season that so far

72 Ten years after their last ti- Stabinski and Drew Jubis, tle extra enthusiasm. has produced barely a
tle, the Irish will be playing “I told them they blemish, his team’s man-

Upstate Veto Club upstages Lehigh

NOTRE DAME for another one Tuesday
night against Texas A&M,
63 which beat Stanford 63-62 in
CONNECTICUT the first semifinal.
Notre Dame was 0-3
against its Big East rival this
season but the Irish had all
the answers this time for the
Huskies, who lost for just the
second time in three seasons.
Notre Dame had already bea-
ten Tennessee in the NCAA tournament, end-
ing a 20-game skid against the Volunteers.
Now the Irish have knocked out the two-
See IRISH, Page 4B
INSIDE: Texas A&M tops Stanford, Page 5B
Northeastern Pennsylvania bikers team
captures the Wheelman Cup in Berwick.
By ROBERT MINER
For The Times Leader
BERWICK – Not this year …
… not this year, Lehigh
Those words had to be on the lips of local
cycling fans on Sunday at Berwick Test
Track Park as they watched the Upstate Velo
Club – sponsored by Hi-Tech Flooring and
featuring bikers from Northeastern Penn-
sylvania – win the 25th anniversary running See CYCLING, Page 4B
of the Wheelmen Cup.
The Lehigh Wheelmen bikers had won
the training event that traditionally kicks off
a new season of bicycle racing in Northeast-
ern and East Central Pennsylvania, 22 times
over the past 24 years. Dutch Wheelmen, of
Bloomsburg, had been the only team other
than Lehigh to win the cup before Sunday –
scoring victories in 1989 and 1990.
So there was plenty of reason to celebrate.
“It feels great to win over Lehigh, a team
that has dominated this event for many
have a couple of days up attack was one area
off,’’ W-B/S coach Hynes wants to polish.
John Hynes explained. Entering play Sunday, it
It was a good call. The Pens was ranked 22nd in the 30-team
earned it. AHL, at 16.6 percent.
Keven Veilleux scored twice But the Penguins found the
and the Penguins buried three mark for three power-play
power-play goals to edge the scores against Norfolk on
host Crunch 5-3 at the Ononda- Wednesday and matched that
ga County War Memorial. season-high Sunday. Two from
The win was their fifth in a Potter and Walker in the third
row and gave the team 113 left the Crunch behind for good.
points, which ties an all-time The final 20 minutes started
franchise record. with the teams tied at 2-2. But
“We’re just trying to concen- with the Penguins on a 5-on-3
trate on how we play, having power play, Potter whistled a
good work habits,’’ Hynes said
of the mark. “We’re not trying to See PENGUINS, Page 4B

PAGE 2B MONDAY, APRIL 4, 2011
SKIING
SUBMITTED PHOTO
Cliff Mailloux, of Mountain Top,
earned All-American status in
three events at the United
States Ski Collegiate Ski and
Snowboard Association Nation-
al Championships.
Mailloux helps
team capture
national titles
Cliff Mailloux, of Mountain
Top, helped The College of Idaho
win the men’s team and com-
bined national titles at the United
States Ski Collegiate Ski and
Snowboard Association National
Championships this past week-
end in Sun Valley, Idaho.
Mailloux, along with team-
mates Zach Tomlinson and Sky-
lar Herbert, earned All-American
honors. Mailloux earned All-
American status in the Slopes-
tyle, Halfpipe and Combined.
On the first day of competition,
Mailloux, a junior, placed 15th in
Skier X and then finished third in
Slopestyle competition.
“The nature of the (Slopestyle)
course was tough – as it rained all
night, making the track harder
than a bowling ball,” said assist-
ant coach, Don Deters. “It was an
X-Games style course, but the
snowboards sounded like road
graders. I told the guys to be
sane, do what you can do – thanks
to the points system that takes
the best of two runs, we were suc-
cessful.”
Mailloux finsihed the competi-
tion by placing second in the half-
pipe competition.
L O C A L
C A L E N D A R
Monday, April 4
H.S. BASEBALL
(4:15 p.m.)
Tunkhannock at Berwick
Wyoming Area at Wyoming Valley West
Pittston Area at Nanticoke
Holy Redeemer at Coughlin
Crestwood at Hazleton Area
H.S. SOFTBALL
(4:15 p.m.)
Tunkhannock at Berwick
Wyoming Area at Wyoming Valley West
Pittston Area at Nanticoke
Holy Redeemer at Coughlin
Crestwood at Hazleton Area
H.S. BOYS VOLLEYBALL
(5:45 p.m.)
Wyoming Area at Crestwood
Nanticoke at Dallas
Abington Heights at Berwick
Lake-Lehman at Hazleton Area
Tunkhannock at North Pocono
H.S. GIRLS SOCCER
(4:15 p.m. unless noted)
Dallas at Berwick
Lake-Lehman at Delaware Valley
Hazleton Area at Nanticoke
Coughlin at Crestwood (7 p.m.)
COLLEGE BASEBALL
(3:30 p.m.)
Wilkes at DeSales
Albright at Misericordia
COLLEGE GOLF
King’s at FDU-Florham, 12 p.m.
King’s vs. Scranton at FDU-Florham, 12 p.m.
Misericordia at Lebanon Valley, 12:30 p.m.
Tuesday, April 5
H.S. BASEBALL
(4:15 p.m.)
Meyers at MMI
Wyoming Seminary at GAR
West Side CTC at Hanover Area
Northwest at Lake-Lehman
H.S. SOFTBALL
(4:15 p.m.)
Crestwood at Coughlin
Meyers at MMI
Wyoming Seminary at GAR
West Side CTC at Hanover Area
Northwest at Lake-Lehman
H.S. BOYS TENNIS
(4:15 p.m.)
Hazleton Area at Holy Redeemer
Wyoming Valley West at Berwick
Coughlin at Wyoming Seminary
Crestwood at Wyoming Area
Dallas at Tunkhannock
GAR at MMI
Meyers at Pittston Area
H.S. TRACK
(4:15 p.m.)
Holy Redeemer at Wyoming Area
Nanticoke at Lake-Lehman
GAR at Northwest
Hanover Area at Meyers
H.S. BOYS VOLLEYBALL
(5:45 p.m.)
Holy Redeemer at Meyers
Pittston Area at Coughlin
West Side Tech at Delaware Valley
Wyoming Valley West at Hanover Area
H.S. GIRLS SOCCER
(4:15 p.m.)
North Pocono at Pittston Area
Hanover Area at Honesdale
MMI at Wyoming Area
Meyers at GAR
COLLEGE BASEBALL
Susquehanna at King’s, 4 p.m.
COLLEGE SOFTBALL
Keystone at King’s, 3 p.m.
Wilkes at Scranton, 4 p.m.
W H AT ’ S O N T V
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
7 p.m.
ESPN — Minnesota at N.Y. Yankees
MEN'S COLLEGE
BASKETBALL
9 p.m.
CBS — NCAA, Division I tournament, champion-
ship, Butler vs. Connecticut, at Houston
NHL
7:30 p.m.
VERSUS — Boston at N.Y. Rangers
10 p.m.
VERSUS — Los Angeles at San Jose
GOLF
Mickelson captures Masters tuneup in Houston
The Associated Press
HUMBLE, Texas — Phil
Mickelson outdueled Scott
Verplank on Sunday to win the
Houston Open, his first victory
since last year’s Masters.
The win moved Mickelson’s
world ranking to No. 3, while
Tiger Woods dropped to No. 7.
It’s the first time Mickelson has
been ahead of Woods in the
rankings since the week before
Woods won the 1997 Masters
for his first major champion-
ship.
Mickelson shot a 65 in the
final round to finish 20-under
par, three ahead of Verplank
(68) and second-round leader
T R A N S A C T I O N S
BASEBALL
American League
BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Recalled LHP Zach Brit-
ton from Norfolk (IL). Placed LHP Brian Matusz on
the 15-day DL, retroactive to March 30.
CLEVELAND INDIANS — Released OF Preston
Mattingly.
TAMPA BAY RAYS — Placed 3B Evan Longoria on
the 15-day DL. Selected the contract of INF Felipe
Lopez from Durham (IL).
National League
ATLANTA BRAVES — Placed RHP Jair Jurrjens
on the 15-day DL, retroactive to March 25. Recalled
LHP Mike Minor from Gwinnett (IL).
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS — Activated LW
Kristian Huselius from injured reserve. Assigned
RW Maksim Mayorov to Springfield (AHL).
OTTAWA SENATORS — Reassigned D Andre Be-
noit and D Patrick Wiercioch from Binghamton
COLLEGE
UTAH — Larry Krystkowiak men’s basketball
coach.
N A S C A R
Sprint Cup Series
Goody's Fast Pain Relief 500
Results
Sunday
At Martinsville Speedway
Ridgeway, Va.
(Start position in parentheses)
1. (9) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 500 laps, 99 rating,
47 points, $200,786.
2. (26) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 500, 102, 43,
$118,200.
3. (11) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 500, 133.4, 43,
$150,416.
4. (27) Juan Pablo Montoya, Chevrolet, 500, 97.6,
40, $135,733.
5. (21) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 500, 110.3, 40,
$123,461.
6. (24) Matt Kenseth, Ford, 500, 90.5, 38, $123,461.
7. (1) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 500, 110, 38,
$127,564.
8. (14) David Ragan, Ford, 500, 91.1, 36, $90,525.
9. (15) Clint Bowyer, Chevrolet, 500, 111.1, 36,
$126,583.
10. (12) Mark Martin, Chevrolet, 500, 84.9, 34,
$88,625.
11. (17) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 500, 114.9, 34,
$134,461.
12. (5) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 500, 118.7, 33,
$123,350.
13. (4) Joey Logano, Toyota, 499, 81, 31, $87,650.
14. (6) A J Allmendinger, Ford, 499, 96.4, 31,
$114,811.
15. (8) David Reutimann, Toyota, 499, 94, 29,
$105,958.
16. (20) Kurt Busch, Dodge, 499, 64.9, 28,
$118,675.
17. (13) Brian Vickers, Toyota, 499, 72, 27,
$104,139.
18. (23) Carl Edwards, Ford, 499, 70.6, 27,
$119,816.
19. (22) Brad Keselowski, Dodge, 498, 70.3, 25,
$102,508.
20. (2) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 498, 88.3, 25,
$117,325.
21. (33) Greg Biffle, Ford, 498, 66.8, 23, $90,200.
22. (39) Ken Schrader, Ford, 497, 48.7, 22,
$91,383.
23. (34) Robby Gordon, Dodge, 497, 56, 21,
$90,033.
24. (32) Jeff Burton, Chevrolet, 495, 68.9, 20,
$82,625.
25. (40) Tony Raines, Ford, 493, 37, 19, $74,825.
26. (37) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet, 493, 40.5, 0,
$85,608.
27. (7) Bobby Labonte, Toyota, 489, 64.3, 17,
$100,970.
28. (42) Hermie Sadler, Chevrolet, 488, 34, 0,
$81,325.
29. (19) Marcos Ambrose, Ford, 487, 60.3, 15,
$103,141.
30. (29) Dave Blaney, Chevrolet, 486, 46.6, 14,
$83,572.
31. (10) Regan Smith, Chevrolet, 476, 59.6, 13,
$96,220.
32. (35) Michael McDowell, Toyota, 470, 47.7, 12,
$69,725.
33. (36) David Gilliland, Ford, 468, 38.2, 11,
$70,450.
34. (28) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 462, 49.9, 10,
$114,783.
35. (25) Trevor Bayne, Ford, 460, 43.7, 0, $77,325.
36. (30) Casey Mears, Toyota, 457, 52.8, 8,
$69,275.
37. (31) Travis Kvapil, Ford, drive shaft, 443, 34.7,
0, $69,200.
38. (16) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, overheating, 261,
43, 6, $69,150.
39. (3) Kasey Kahne, Toyota, accident, 219, 73.4, 6,
$78,100.
40. (18) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota, accident, 219,
41.5, 4, $77,025.
41. (41) J.J. Yeley, Chevrolet, brakes, 33, 29.4, 3,
$68,975.
42. (38) Mike Skinner, Toyota, brakes, 31, 28.3, 0,
$68,895.
43. (43) Joe Nemechek, Toyota, brakes, 25, 27.4,
0, $68,418.
Race Statistics
Average Speed of Race Winner: 74.195 mph.
Time of Race: 3 hours, 32 minutes, 41 seconds.
Margin of Victory: 0.727 seconds.
Caution Flags: 11 for 72 laps.
Lead Changes: 31 among 12 drivers.
Lap Leaders: J.McMurray 1-31; K.Kahne 32;
R.Newman 33-34; D.Hamlin 35-54; J.Johnson
55-77; Ky.Busch 78-107; D.Hamlin 108; J.Johnson
109-123; D.Hamlin 124-133; C.Bowyer 134-176;
D.Hamlin 177; J.Johnson 178-204; D.Hamlin 205;
C.Bowyer 206-250; J.Gordon 251-256; C.Bowyer
257-259; D.Hamlin 260-314; Ky.Busch 315-320;
J.Gordon 321-324; R.Newman 325; A.Allmendin-
ger 326-331; C.Edwards 332-334; K.Harvick 335;
Ky.Busch 336-352; D.Hamlin 353; Ky.Busch
354-364; J.Gordon 365-391; Ky.Busch 392-466;
K.Harvick 467; Ky.Busch 468-479; D.Earnhardt Jr.
480-496; K.Harvick 497-500.
Top 12 in Points: 1. Ky.Busch, 219; 2. C.Edwards,
214; 3. J.Johnson, 207; 4. Ku.Busch, 205; 5. K.Har-
vick, 204; 6. R.Newman, 203; 7. J.Montoya, 201; 8.
D.Earnhardt Jr., 199; 9. M.Kenseth, 195; 10. M.Mar-
tin, 181; 11. T.Stewart, 180; 12. J.Gordon, 170.
NASCAR Driver Rating Formula
A maximum of 150 points can be attained in a race.
The formula combines the following categories:
Wins, Finishes, Top-15 Finishes, Average Running
Position While on Lead Lap, Average Speed Under
Green, Fastest Lap, Led Most Laps, Lead-Lap Fin-
ish.
B A S K E T B A L L
NCAA Men
NCAA Tournament Glance
All Times EDT
FINAL FOUR
At Reliant Stadium
Houston
National Semifinals
Saturday, April 2
Butler 70, Virginia Commonwealth 62
Connecticut 56, Kentucky 55
National Championship
Monday, April 4
Butler (28-9) vs. Connecticut (31-9), 9 p.m.
NCAA Women
NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament
All Times EDT
FINAL FOUR
At at Conseco Fieldhouse
Indianapolis
National Semifinals
Sunday, April 3
Texas A&M 63, Stanford 62
Connecticut (36-1) vs. Notre Dame (30-7), (n)
National Championship
Tuesday, April 5
Texas A&M (32-5) vs. Connecticut-Notre Dame
winner, 8:30 p.m.
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➛ S C O R E B O A R D THE TIMES LEADER www.timesleader.com
Chris Kirk (67). Buchholz, a radiation oncologist three strokes, earning her first pull within one stroke, but
Lefty is hoping he can repeat at the M.D. Anderson Cancer LPGA Tour title in the year’s Tseng bogeyed the next two.
some history at Augusta this Center in Houston, has been first major. Lewis’ putt on the 17th broke
week. He’s the last player to win treating Mickelson’s wife and Lewis shot a 3-under 69 to abruptly to the left and dropped
the week prior to a Masters mother, Amy and Mary, who finish at 13-under 275, rallying straight home, with Lewis rais-
victory, capturing the BellSouth were both diagnosed with from an early two-stroke deficit ing her fist in celebration. After
Classic in 2006 before earning breast cancer in 2009. while going head-to-head with sinking her final 3-foot putt on
his second green jacket. The Buchholz and about 30 mem- the world’s top-ranked player. the 18th, Lewis raised her arms
Houston Open became the bers of his staff were in the She punctuated a tenacious in disbelief before hugging
run-up event to Augusta in gallery all weekend, and Mick- back nine at Mission Hills with Tseng and her caddie, and sev-
2007. elson gave Buchholz the flag an improbable par putt from the eral players quickly doused her
Mickelson won for the fifth from the 18th hole after his fringe on the 17th hole, prompt- with beer.
straight time when he’s shot 63 round. ing a celebration in the raucous Lewis and her family then
or better in at least one of the gallery. took the Kraft Nabisco’s tradi-
rounds. He tied the course re- Kraft Nabisco Championship Tseng shot a 74 with four tional winner’s leap into Pop-
cord with a 63 on Saturday, his RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. — bogeys, losing focus in her quest pie’s Pond, holding hands while
lowest round in two years. Stacy Lewis held off defending for her fifth worldwide title running to the water, where
The victory has an emotional champion Yani Tseng to win the already this year. Lewis bogeyed Lewis and her caddie did mod-
tug for Mickelson. Dr. Tom Kraft Nabisco Championship by the 15th hole to allow Tseng to ified cannonballs.
BULLETIN BOARD Saturday, the Alumni Game will
AMERICA’S LINE take place at 5 p.m. at McCarthy
Stadium in the Betzler Athletic
CAMPS/CLINICS
Complex. Following the game, the
By ROXY ROXBOROUGH Free Kids 10–and-Under Tennis Alumni Social will be held after-
Clinic, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. April 9 at the ward at The Frog Pond. On Sunday,
BOXING REPORT: In the WBO welterweight title fight on May 7 in Las Vegas, the Alumni Golf Tournament will
Rock Rec Center. Tim Haus, head
Nevada, Manny Pacquiao is -$800 vs. at Shane Mosley +$550.
tennis pro at Valley Tennis & Swim be held at Sugarloaf Golf Club with
dinner to follow.
BASEBALL College Basketball Club, will be conducting the free
Quickstart tennis clinic for children
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weekday afternoon and Saturday Forty Fort Pioneers Soccer, regis-
morning swim lessons starting trations in the Forty Fort Borough
National Basketball National Hockey League Monday. Also starting is the CYC Building basement on the follow-
Association ing dates and times: Monday, 6-8
All Times EDT Spring/Summer swim team. For
p.m.; April 10, 1-4 p.m.; April 17, 10
EASTERN CONFERENCE more information, call Jeni at
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EASTERN CONFERENCE 823-6121, ext 292, or visitwww-
Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA
x-Philadelphia............. 79 46 22 11 103 247 210 .wyomingvalleycyc.org. e-mail info@fortyfortpioneers.org
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y-Boston ....................... 53 23 .697 —
x-Pittsburgh ................ 79 46 25 8 100 225 192
N.Y. Rangers .............. 79 42 32 5 89 223 190
x-Philadelphia .............. 40 37 .519 131⁄2 Upper 90 Soccer Training Academy
New York ...................... 38 38 .500 15
New Jersey ................. 78 36 37 5 77 163 196
N.Y. Islanders ............. 79 30 37 12 72 220 250
GOLF
will be holding tryouts for Boys U15
New Jersey .................. 23
Toronto ......................... 21 55
53 .303
.276
30
32 Northeast Division to U17 travel teams on April 11, April
GP W L OT Pts GF GA King’s College Football coach Jeff
Southeast Division y-Boston ...................... 78 44 23 11 99 235 184 Knarr has announced the Mon- 13, and April 18. Anyone interested
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y-Miami ......................... 54 23 .701 —
Montreal....................... 79 42 30 7 91 208 204
Buffalo.......................... 79 40 29 10 90 232 220 archs will be hosting the King’s should contact Rob Havard, Direc-
x-Orlando ...................... 48 29 .623 6 Toronto ........................ 79 37 32 10 84 213 240
Football Golf Classic June 12 at tor of Coaching, at 814-3374 orrob-
x-Atlanta........................ 44 33 .571 10 Ottawa .......................... 79 30 39 10 70 183 243
hav13@msn.com.
Charlotte ....................... 32
Washington .................. 20 56
44 .421
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211⁄2
331⁄2
Southeast Division Blue Ridge Trail Golf Club in Moun-
Wilkes-Barre Cosmos Soccer Club
GP W L OT Pts GF GA tain Top. The event will serve as a
Central Division x-Washington ............. 79 46 22 11 103 216 192 will be having registration for the
W L Pct GB x-Tampa Bay ............... 79 44 24 11 99 235 232 fundraising event for the King’s
y-Chicago....................... 56 20 .737 — Carolina ....................... 79 38 30 11 87 225 232 football program and is open to fall season today and April 9, 10, 16
Indiana............................ 35 43 .449 22 Atlanta.......................... 78 33 33 12 78 214 252
Florida.......................... 79 29 38 12 70 190 220 the general public, including alum- and 17 at Stanton Lanes from 2 to
Milwaukee ...................... 31 45 .408 25
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Detroit ............................. 26 50
Cleveland ....................... 15 61
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WESTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OT Pts GF GA gram. Registration is scheduled for
y-Detroit....................... 79 46 23 10 102 255 231 noon with a shotgun start slated 5 to 7 p.m. Players must be 4
Southwest Division
W L Pct GB Nashville...................... 79 42 26 11 95 209 188
for 1:30 p.m. Entry includes greens years old by Aug. 1,2011. If you have
Chicago ....................... 78 42 28 8 92 246 214
x-San Antonio ................ 58
x-Dallas .......................... 53
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New Orleans .................. 44 33 .571 14 Columbus.................... 79 34 32 13 81 210 246
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Northwest Division
Memphis ........................ 44 33 .571 14 mos@gmail.com.
Houston.......................... 41 36 .532 17 GP W L OT Pts GF GA auction to bid on various items
z-Vancouver................ 79 52 18 9 113 254 181 that will benefit the football pro-
Northwest Division
W L Pct GB Calgary ........................ 80 40 29 11 91 242 233
Minnesota ................... 79 37 34 8 82 198 224 gram. Dinner will also be provided.
x-Oklahoma City.......... 50
x-Denver ....................... 47
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Edmonton.................... 78 24 43 11 59 186 256
Portland......................... 44 32
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Minnesota..................... 17 60 .221 331⁄2 GP W L OT Pts GF GA formation, go to the football team
x-San Jose .................. 78 46 23 9 101 234 201 accepted over the telephone. Items
Pacific Division Los Angeles ................ 78 45 27 6 96 213 185 page atwww.kingscollegeathletic-
W L Pct GB Phoenix ....................... 79 42 25 12 96 224 217 s.com. may be faxed to 831-7319, emailed to
y-L.A. Lakers................ 55 21 .724 —
Phoenix......................... 37 39 .487 18
Anaheim ...................... 78 44 29 5 93 225 227
Dallas........................... 77 38 28 11 87 210 221 King’s College Men’s Soccer coach tlsports@timesleader.com or dropped
Golden State ................ 33 44 .429 221⁄2 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime
L.A. Clippers................. 30 47 .390 251⁄2 Mark Basset announced the Mon- off at the Times Leader or mailed to
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the weekend of April 16-17. On
Saturday's Games Saturday's Games
Chicago 113, Toronto 106 Boston 3, Atlanta 2
Memphis 106, Minnesota 89 Tampa Bay 3, Minnesota 1
Milwaukee 93, Philadelphia 87, OT Detroit 4, Nashville 3, OT
Brendan Steele (18), $13,885 ...67-72-77-70—286
Golden State 99, Dallas 92 Los Angeles 3, Dallas 1
L.A. Clippers 98, Oklahoma City 92 Toronto 4, Ottawa 2 Charlie Wi (18), $13,885 ............74-70-71-71—286
Sunday's Games Montreal 3, New Jersey 1 Keegan Bradley (18), $13,885 ..70-73-71-72—286 T E N N I S
San Antonio 114, Phoenix 97 Carolina 4, N.Y. Islanders 2 Steve Elkington (18), $13,885...68-71-73-74—286
Ernie Els (18), $13,885 ..............71-72-69-74—286
Washington 5, Buffalo 4, OT
Denver 95, L.A. Lakers 90
Sacramento 106, Utah 97 Pittsburgh 4, Florida 2 Ross Fisher (0), $13,885 ...........71-70-69-76—286 Sony Ericsson Open
Kris Blanks (13), $13,216...........69-74-73-71—287
Boston 101, Detroit 90 Edmonton 4, Vancouver 1 Results
Washington 97, Charlotte 91 San Jose 4, Anaheim 2 Billy Mayfair (13), $13,216 .........69-74-71-73—287
Blake Adams (13), $13,216 .......72-72-67-76—287 Sunday
Miami 108, New Jersey 94 Sunday's Games At The Tennis Center at Crandon Park
New York 123, Cleveland 107 N.Y. Rangers 3, Philadelphia 2, SO Boo Weekley (9), $12,685 .........72-72-72-72—288
Toronto 102, Orlando 98 Buffalo 2, Carolina 1, OT Kyle Stanley (9), $12,685...........70-74-71-73—288 Key Biscayne, Fla.
Houston 114, Atlanta 109 Detroit 4, Minnesota 2 Retief Goosen (9), $12,685 .......70-74-71-73—288 Singles
New Orleans 108, Indiana 96 St. Louis 6, Columbus 1 Jim Renner (9), $12,685 ............71-73-70-74—288 Men
Dallas at Portland, (n) Tampa Bay 2, Chicago 0 Fred Couples (9), $12,685.........71-72-71-74—288 Championship
Monday's Games Calgary 2, Colorado 1 D.A. Points (9), $12,685.............70-72-71-75—288 Novak Djokovic (2), Serbia, def. Rafael Nadal (1),
No games scheduled Dallas at Anaheim, (n) Kevin Stadler (2), $11,918.........71-73-72-73—289 Spain, 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (4).
Tuesday's Games Monday's Games Jim Herman (2), $11,918 ...........73-68-75-73—289 Doubles
San Antonio at Atlanta, 7 p.m. Boston at N.Y. Rangers, 7:30 p.m. Marc Leishman (2), $11,918 .....69-75-71-74—289 Women
Charlotte at Cleveland, 7 p.m. Los Angeles at San Jose, 10 p.m. Robert Garrigus (2), $11,918 ....68-72-75-74—289
Championship
Minnesota at New Jersey, 7 p.m. Tuesday's Games Roland Thatcher (2), $11,918....77-67-69-76—289 Daniela Hantuchova, Slovakia, and Agnieszka
Milwaukee at Orlando, 7 p.m. Tampa Bay at Buffalo, 7 p.m. Andres Romero (2), $11,918.....73-70-70-76—289 Radwanska, Poland, def. Liezel Huber, United
Detroit at Washington, 7 p.m. Washington at Toronto, 7 p.m. Steve Marino (2), $11,918 .........72-70-71-76—289 States, and Nadia Petrova (3), Russia, 7-6 (5), 2-6,
Philadelphia at Boston, 7:30 p.m. New Jersey at Pittsburgh, 7:30 p.m. Francesco Molinari (0), 10-8 tiebreak.
Toronto at New York, 7:30 p.m. Chicago at Montreal, 7:30 p.m. $11,387 ........................................69-71-74-77—291
Phoenix at Chicago, 8 p.m. Philadelphia at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m. Cameron Tringale (1), $11,387.74-70-66-81—291
L.A. Clippers at Memphis, 8 p.m. Colorado at St. Louis, 8 p.m. Fabian Gomez (1), $11,210.......71-72-73-79—295
Sacramento at Houston, 8:30 p.m. Atlanta at Nashville, 8 p.m. Made cut; did not finish
S O C C E R
Oklahoma City at Denver, 9 p.m. Columbus at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. Paul Goydos (1), $11,033................71-71-75—217
Golden State at Portland, 10 p.m. Vancouver at Edmonton, 9 p.m.
Utah at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m.
Jarrod Lyle (1), $11,033...................68-76-73—217 Major League Soccer
Marc Turnesa (1), $10,856..............68-76-74—218
Chez Reavie (1), $10,679 ...............72-71-76—219 All Times EDT
G O L F Erik Compton (0), $10,679 ..............70-74-75—219 EASTERN CONFERENCE
H O C K E Y Champions Tour ..............................................................WLTPtsGFGA
Philadelphia ........................................ 210 6 2 1
PGA Tour New England ...................................... 102 5 4 3
American Hockey League Houston Open
Mississippi Gulf Resort Scores
Sunday New York............................................. 102 5 2 1
All Times EDT Scores Chicago ............................................... 101 4 4 3
At Fallen Oak Golf Club
EASTERN CONFERENCE Sunday Sporting Kansas City ......................... 111 4 8 8
Biloxi, Miss. Toronto FC.......................................... 111 4 5 5
Atlantic Division At Redstone Golf Club, Tournament Course Final Round
Columbus............................................ 111 4 3 3
GP W L OL SL Pts GF GA Humble, Texas Tom Lehman (240), $240,000 ........67-64-69—200 D.C....................................................... 120 3 5 7
x-Portland.............. 75 44 23 6 2 96 264 223 Final Round Nick Price (117), $117,333..............68-69-67—204
Houston ............................................... 012 2 2 3
x-Manchester........ 77 43 25 3 6 95 244 199 Phil Mickelson (500), Jeff Sluman (117), $117,333...........66-66-72—204
Connecticut........... 77 39 30 2 6 86 211 212 WESTERN CONFERENCE
$1,062,000 ...................................70-70-63-65—268 David Frost (117), $117,333 ...........68-67-69—204 ..............................................................WLTPtsGFGA
Worcester.............. 77 36 29 4 8 84 206 235 Olin Browne (70), $70,400 ..............70-68-67—205
Providence............ 77 35 36 3 3 76 198 244 Chris Kirk (245), $519,200.........66-69-69-67—271 Colorado.............................................. 300 9 8 2
Springfield ............. 76 33 38 2 3 71 221 243 Scott Verplank (245), $519,200 73-65-65-68—271 Jay Haas (70), $70,400....................69-68-68—205 Los Angeles ........................................ 211 7 4 5
Bridgeport ............. 76 27 38 4 7 65 203 254 Steve Stricker (123), $259,600 .67-72-67-69—275 Fred Funk (51), $51,200 ..................70-68-68—206 Real Salt Lake .................................... 200 6 5 1
Aaron Baddeley (123), Hale Irwin (51), $51,200 ..................70-68-68—206 Vancouver ........................................... 111 4 7 6
East Division
$259,600 ......................................73-65-66-71—275 Steve Lowery (51), $51,200 ............69-68-69—206 San Jose.............................................. 111 4 4 3
GP W L OL SL Pts GF GA Mark Calcavecchia (42), $41,600 ..70-67-70—207
y-Penguins .......... 77 56 20 0 1 113 252 177 Robert Allenby (95), $205,025..68-72-67-69—276 Seattle.................................................. 022 2 3 5
David Hearn (95), $205,025 ......69-70-66-71—276 Bob Tway, $36,800...........................70-70-68—208 Chivas USA ........................................ 021 1 3 5
x-Hershey ............. 77 45 24 3 5 98 250 205
x-Charlotte............ 77 42 26 2 7 93 255 235 Greg Chalmers (75), $159,300 .70-73-66-68—277 Russ Cochran, $36,800 ...................70-69-69—208 Portland ............................................... 021 1 2 6
Norfolk................... 75 37 24 8 6 88 246 213 Matt Kuchar (75), $159,300 .......72-70-67-68—277 Michael Allen, $28,800 ....................73-67-69—209 FC Dallas ............................................ 021 1 1 5
Binghamton .......... 77 40 29 3 5 88 248 216 Brandt Jobe (75), $159,300.......69-72-68-68—277 Peter Senior, $28,800 ......................69-69-71—209 NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.
Syracuse............... 77 32 38 3 4 71 203 241 Padraig Harrington (75), Phil Blackmar, $28,800....................71-68-70—209 Friday's Games
Albany.................... 76 32 39 1 4 69 211 266 $159,300 ......................................68-69-70-70—277 John Morse, $28,800 .......................70-67-72—209 Columbus 2, FC Dallas 0
Adirondack ........... 75 28 37 4 6 66 182 238 Hunter Mahan (75), $159,300 ...70-71-66-70—277 Mark O’Meara, $28,800 ...................69-68-72—209
Mark Brooks, $21,216......................70-72-68—210 Saturday's Games
WESTERN CONFERENCE Chad Campbell (58), $114,067.71-70-71-66—278 Toronto FC 1, Chivas USA 1, tie
North Division Gary Woodland (58), $114,067.71-70-69-68—278 Ian Woosnam, $21,216 ....................71-69-70—210 Vancouver 3, Sporting Kansas City 3, tie
GP W L OL SL Pts GF GA Anthony Kim (58), $114,067 .....72-64-69-73—278 J.L. Lewis, $21,216 ..........................72-68-70—210 New York 1, Houston 1, tie
Manitoba................ 78 43 28 1 6 93 216 201 Louis Oosthuizen (54), $94,40072-69-70-68—279 Chien Soon Lu, $21,216 ..................74-66-70—210 New England 1, Portland 1, tie
Hamilton ................ 76 41 26 2 7 91 215 187 Webb Simpson (54), $94,400 ...72-72-66-69—279 John Cook, $21,216 .........................70-69-71—210 San Jose 2, Seattle FC 2, tie
Lake Erie ............... 76 41 27 3 5 90 210 196 Jim Rutledge, $17,200 .....................72-70-69—211 Los Angeles 1, Philadelphia 0
Abbotsford ............ 75 36 29 4 6 82 178 201
Tim Petrovic (54), $94,400 ........70-68-71-70—279
Charles Howell III (50), Bobby Clampett, $17,200 ................71-68-72—211 Sunday's Games
Toronto .................. 77 35 31 1 10 81 214 211 Tom Pernice, Jr., $14,267 ...............70-74-68—212
$71,508 ........................................69-75-69-67—280 Colorado 4, D.C. United 1
Grand Rapids........ 76 35 31 2 8 80 222 239 Bill Glasson, $14,267 .......................69-74-69—212
Rochester.............. 76 31 36 5 4 71 207 245 Nick O’Hern (50), $71,508.........65-74-72-69—280 Don Pooley, $14,267........................75-66-71—212 Wednesday, April 6
West Division Josh Teater (50), $71,508..........65-72-73-70—280 Ted Schulz, $14,267 ........................69-70-73—212 New England at Vancouver, 10 p.m.
David Mathis (50), $71,508........70-70-70-70—280 Friday, April 8
GP W L OL SL Pts GF GA Gil Morgan, $14,267 .........................70-69-73—212
x-Milwaukee.......... 76 42 20 6 8 98 215 185 J.J. Henry (50), $71,508 ............73-70-65-72—280 Keith Fergus, $14,267......................72-67-73—212 Colorado at FC Dallas, 9 p.m.
x-Houston.............. 79 45 28 1 5 96 234 209 Charley Hoffman (45), $47,790.72-68-72-69—281 David Eger, $10,800 ........................75-70-68—213 Saturday, April 9
Texas ..................... 76 40 26 4 6 90 208 202 Ben Crane (45), $47,790 ...........70-68-73-70—281 Tom Jenkins, $10,800......................70-73-70—213 Chicago at Seattle FC, 4 p.m.
Peoria .................... 77 40 29 3 5 88 212 210 Michael Thompson (45), Chip Beck, $10,800 ..........................72-71-70—213 New York at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
Oklahoma City...... 77 38 28 2 9 87 233 226 $47,790 ........................................72-69-70-70—281 Dana Quigley, $10,800 ....................73-70-70—213 Los Angeles at D.C. United, 7:30 p.m.
Chicago ................. 77 38 29 4 6 86 249 249 John Senden (45), $47,790.......72-69-70-70—281 Tom Byrum, $10,800........................74-69-70—213 Real Salt Lake at New England, 7:30 p.m.
San Antonio .......... 76 39 30 4 3 85 220 229 Michael Putnam (45), $47,790..70-69-69-73—281 Bobby Wadkins, $10,800 ................69-72-72—213 Columbus at Chivas USA, 10:30 p.m.
Rockford................ 76 34 33 4 5 77 199 235
Ben Curtis (45), $47,790............70-70-68-73—281 Tim Simpson, $8,480 .......................71-72-71—214 Toronto FC at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.
x-Clinched Playoff Berth Lee Westwood (0), $35,843 ......68-72-74-68—282 Sunday, April 10
y-Clinched Divisional Title Tom Purtzer, $8,480 ........................70-72-72—214
NOTE: Two points are awarded for a win, one point
Charl Schwartzel (39), $35,843 74-67-71-70—282
Tommy Gainey (39), $35,843 ...68-73-70-71—282
Loren Roberts, $8,480 .....................76-67-71—214
Morris Hatalsky, $8,480 ...................71-71-72—214
Vancouver at Houston, 7 p.m.
for an overtime or shootout loss. Jimmy Walker (39), $35,843 .....63-74-72-73—282
Sunday's Games Robert Thompson, $8,480 ..............74-67-73—214
Nathan Green (39), $35,843 ......67-73-69-73—282 Mark McNulty, $7,200 ......................76-69-70—215
Manitoba 3, Toronto 2
Connecticut 4, Portland 2
Vaughn Taylor (39), $35,843.....68-71-69-74—282 Keith Clearwater, $7,200 .................71-72-72—215 B O X I N G
Johnson Wagner (33), $27,189 69-67-76-71—283 Dan Forsman, $7,200.......................68-72-75—215
Penguins 5, Syracuse 3 Cameron Beckman (33),
Albany 3, Binghamton 2, SO Tommy Armour III, $5,600...............76-69-71—216
Worcester 2, Providence 1 $27,189 ........................................69-74-67-73—283
Alex Cejka (33), $27,189 ...........71-70-69-73—283
Roger Chapman, $5,600 .................72-72-72—216 Fight Schedule
Peoria 4, Milwaukee 3 Larry Mize, $5,600............................73-70-73—216
Rockford 5, Texas 1 Ben Martin (33), $27,189 ...........73-66-70-74—283 Jim Gallagher, Jr., $5,600 ...............72-69-75—216 National TV in parentheses
Zack Miller (33), $27,189 ...........68-74-67-74—283 Jay Don Blake, $5,600 .....................71-70-75—216 April 8
Monday's Games Nate Smith (33), $27,189 ...........69-72-66-76—283
Rochester at Adirondack, 7 p.m. Tom Kite, $5,600 ..............................74-67-75—216 At Hyogo, Japan, Hozumi Hasegawa vs. Johnny
Norfolk at Charlotte, 7 p.m. Troy Merritt (27), $20,060 ..........72-71-71-70—284 Mike Reid, $5,600.............................71-69-76—216 Gonzalez, 12, for Hasegawa’s WBC featherweight
Michael Bradley (27), $20,060 ..71-71-72-70—284
Hamilton at Abbotsford, 10 p.m. David Peoples, $3,960.....................78-67-72—217 title;Toshiaki Nishioka vs. Mauricio Munoz, 12, for
Tuesday's Games
Joseph Bramlett (27), $20,060..73-68-72-71—284 Mike Goodes, $3,960 .......................72-72-73—217 Nishioka’s WBC junior featherweight title;Takahiro
Bill Lunde (27), $20,060.............68-71-73-72—284 Mike Hulbert, $3,960........................73-70-74—217 Ao vs. Humberto Gutierrez, 12, for Ao’s WBC junior
Springfield at Bridgeport, 11 a.m. lightweight title.
Scott Piercy (27), $20,060 .........71-72-69-72—284 Hal Sutton, $3,960............................70-72-75—217
Portland at Worcester, 7 p.m. At Montreal (ESPN2), David Lemieux vs. Marco
Rockford at San Antonio, 8 p.m. J.B. Holmes (27), $20,060.........73-71-67-73—284 Vicente Fernandez, $3,360 .............73-74-71—218
Kent Jones (22), $15,458 ..........72-72-68-73—285 Antonio Rubio, 12, WBC middleweight title elimina-
Hamilton at Abbotsford, 10 p.m. Sonny Skinner, $3,360 ....................76-68-74—218
John Rollins (22), $15,458.........67-71-72-75—285 tor.
Brian Davis (22), $15,458 ..........71-72-67-75—285
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STANDINGS/STATS
Oswalt, Howard A L S TA N D I N G S
All Times EDT
East Division
Baltimore
BRorts 2b
Orioles 5, Rays 1
ab
5
r
1
h bi
1 0
Tampa Bay
BUpton cf
ab r h bi
4 0 1 0

key Phils’ victory

Markks rf 4 0 2 0 EJhnsn ss 4 0 1 1
W L Pct GB D.Lee 1b 3 0 0 0 Zobrist 2b 3 0 1 0
Baltimore......................... 3 0 1.000 — Guerrr dh 4 0 0 0 MRmrz dh 4 0 0 0
New York ........................ 2 1 .667 1 Wieters c 4 1 2 1 Shppch c 3 0 0 0
Toronto ........................... 2 1 .667 1 AdJons cf 4 2 2 0 Jaso ph 1 0 0 0
Boston............................. 0 3 .000 3 MrRynl 3b 4 1 2 2 SRdrgz 3b 3 0 1 0
Tampa Bay...................... 0 3 .000 3 Pie lf 4 0 1 0 FLopez ph 1 0 0 0
Central Division Hardy ss 4 0 1 2 DJhnsn 1b 4 0 0 0
W L Pct GB Joyce rf 2 1 0 0
Kansas City ...................... 3 1 .750 — Fuld lf 2 0 0 0
Chicago............................. 2 1 .667 1
⁄2 Totals 36 511 5 Totals 31 1 4 1
Cleveland.......................... 1 2 .333 11⁄2 Baltimore ............................ 100 000 301 — 5
Detroit................................ 1 2 .333 11⁄2 Tampa Bay......................... 001 000 000 — 1
The Associated Press five and walked one. He didn’t Minnesota ......................... 1 2 .333 11⁄2 E—Mar.Reynolds (1). DP—Tampa Bay 1. LOB—
PHILADELPHIA — Roy allow a baserunner after Danny West Division
W L Pct GB
Baltimore 5, Tampa Bay 6. 2B—Mar.Reynolds 2 (2),
Hardy (2), B.Upton (2), Zobrist (1), S.Rodriguez (1).
Oswalt pitched six strong in- Espinosa singled to lead off the Texas .............................. 3 0 1.000 — SB—Ad.Jones (1). CS—B.Upton (2).
Seattle ............................. 2 1 .667 1 IP H R ER BB SO
nings against his former team second, getting 18 consecutive Oakland........................... 1 2 .333 2 Baltimore
Britton W,1-0 ........... 6 3 1 1 3 6
and Ryan Howard homered outs. Los Angeles ................... 1 3 .250 21⁄2
Berken H,1............... 1 0 0 0 0 3
Saturday's Games
and drove in four runs to help Chicago White Sox 8, Cleveland 3
Ji.Johnson H,1 ........
Rupe .........................
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
the Philadelphia Phillies com- Cardinals 2, Padres 0 Toronto 6, Minnesota 1
Kansas City 5, L.A. Angels 4
Tampa Bay
W.Davis L,0-1.......... 61⁄3 8 4 4 1 3
plete a season-opening, three- ST. LOUIS — Jaime Garcia N.Y. Yankees 10, Detroit 6
Baltimore 3, Tampa Bay 1
C.Ramos .................. 2⁄3 1 0 0 0 0
J.Cruz ....................... 1 0 0 0 0 1
game sweep with a 7-3 win threw a four-hitter with a ca- Texas 12, Boston 5 A.Russell.................. 2⁄3 2 1 1 0 1 AP PHOTO
Seattle 5, Oakland 2
over the Houston Astros on reer-best nine strikeouts, mov- Sunday's Games
Sonnanstine............. 1⁄3 0
Umpires—Home, Laz Diaz;First, Scott Barry;Se-
0 0 0 0
New York Mets pitcher R.A. Dickey delivers a pitch against the
Sunday. ing beyond a shaky spring as Cleveland 7, Chicago White Sox 1
Detroit 10, N.Y. Yankees 7
cond, John Hirschbeck;Third, Wally Bell.
T—2:42. A—17,408 (34,078). Florida Marlins in the first inning of game in Miami Sunday. Dickey
Oswalt (1-0), who spent 10 the St. Louis Cardinals avoided Minnesota 4, Toronto 3
went 6 innings, allowing just one unearned run as the Mets de-
Baltimore 5, Tampa Bay 1
years with the Astros before a a season-opening sweep at Texas 5, Boston 1
feated the Marlins, 9-3.
Kansas City 12, L.A. Angels 9, 13 innings Rangers 5, Red Sox 1
midseason trade to Philadel- home with a victory over the Oakland 7, Seattle 1 Boston Texas
phia last year, allowed two runs San Diego Padres. Monday's Games ab r h bi ab r h bi Reds 12, Cardinals 2, Padres 0
Detroit (Porcello 0-0) at Baltimore (Arrieta 0-0), 3:05 Ellsury cf 4 0 0 0 Kinsler dh 1 1 1 1
on five hits while striking out Yadier Molina’s RBI single p.m. Pedroia 2b 4 0 1 0 MiYong 2b 4 0 2 1 Brewers 3 San Diego St. Louis
Minnesota (Baker 0-0) at N.Y. Yankees (Nova 0-0), AdGnzl 1b 4 0 0 0 Hamltn cf 3 0 0 0 ab r h bi ab r h bi
six and walking one in his first up the middle off Dustin Mose- 7:05 p.m. Youkils 3b 3 1 0 0 ABeltre 3b 4 0 0 0 Milwaukee Cincinnati Bartlett ss 4 0 1 0 Theriot ss 4 0 1 1
ab r h bi ab r h bi OHudsn 2b 4 0 1 0 Jay lf 3 0 1 0
start against his former club. It ley (0-1) in the fifth inning was Seattle (Bedard 0-0) at Texas (Holland 0-0), 8:05
p.m.
Ortiz dh
Lowrie ss
4 0 2 0 N.Cruz rf
4 0 0 0 DvMrp lf
4 1 1 1
4 1 2 1 Weeks 2b 4 1 2 2 Stubbs cf 3 1 1 1 Cantu 1b 3 0 0 0 Pujols 1b 4 0 0 0
Heisey
was the first walk by the Phil- the difference for St. Louis, Tuesday's Games Crwfrd lf 4 0 2 1 Napoli c 3 1 2 1
Gomez cf 4 0 0 0 ph-cf 2 1 1 0
Ludwck lf
Headly 3b
4 0 0 0 Brkmn rf
2 0 0 0 Rasms cf
3 1 1 0
3 0 0 0
L.A. Angels at Tampa Bay, 6:40 p.m. Sltlmch c 3 0 0 0 Morlnd 1b 3 0 0 0
lies’ heralded starters this which hasn’t been swept by the Boston at Cleveland, 7:05 p.m. DMcDn rf 2 0 0 0 ABlanc ss 3 1 1 0 Braun lf
Fielder 1b
4 1 1 1 Phillips 2b
3 0 0 0 Votto 1b
6 2 3 3
4 1 1 0
Denorfi rf 3 0 0 0 YMolin c 3 0 1 1
Totals 32 1 5 1 Totals 29 5 9 5 Maybin cf 3 0 0 0 Schmkr 2b 3 1 2 0
season — Roy Halladay and Padres at home since 1980. Minnesota at N.Y. Yankees, 7:05 p.m.
Oakland at Toronto, 7:07 p.m. Boston ................................ 000 000 100 — 1 Axford p 0 0 0 0 Ondrsk p 0 0 0 0 Hundly c 3 0 1 0 JGarci p 3 0 0 0
Loe p 0 0 0 0 Chpmn p 0 0 0 0 Mosely p 1 0 1 0 Descals 3b 3 0 1 0
Cliff Lee didn’t issue a free Moseley allowed only four hits Seattle at Texas, 8:05 p.m. Texas.................................. 011 010 11x — 5 McGeh 3b 4 0 2 0 Rolen 3b 3 0 1 1 Hawpe ph 1 0 0 0
Chicago White Sox at Kansas City, 8:10 p.m. E—Harrison (1). DP—Boston 2, Texas 1. LOB—
pass in their starts. in seven strong innings for San Boston 6, Texas 4. 2B—Mi.Young (1), A.Blanco (1).
Kotsay rf
YBtncr ss
4 0 0 0 Cairo ph-1b 1 0 1 1
4 0 0 0 Gomes lf 4 2 2 1
Grgrsn p
Totals
0 0 0 0
28 0 4 0 Totals 29 2 7 2
Diego, which missed a chance HR—Kinsler (3), N.Cruz (3), Dav.Murphy (1), Na- Kottars c 4 0 1 0 Bruce rf 5 1 1 0 San Diego .......................... 000 000 000 — 0
Mets 9, Marlins 2 N L S T A N D I N G S poli (2). CS—Kinsler (1), Dav.Murphy (1). Wolf p 1 1 1 0 Hanign c 4 3 4 4
to open 3-0 for only the fourth Boston
IP H R ER BB SO Reed ph 1 0 0 0 Janish ss 5 1 2 1 St. Louis ............................. 000 010 01x — 2
E—Bartlett (1). DP—San Diego 1, St. Louis 2.
Kintzlr p 0 0 0 0 Arroyo p 2 0 1 0
MIAMI — Willie Harris and time in franchise history and At A Glance C.Buchholz L,0-1 .... 61⁄3 5 4 4 2 3 JFrncs LOB—San Diego 4, St. Louis 4. SB—O.Hudson (1).
CS—Schumaker (1). S—Moseley.
All Times EDT D.Reyes ................... 2⁄3 2 0 0 0 1
Ike Davis homered, knuckle- the first time since the 1984 East Division Papelbon.................. 1 2 1 1 1 3
Stetter p
Morgan ph
0 0 0 0 ph-3b
1 0 0 0
2 0 1 0 IP H R ER BB SO
Texas San Diego
baller R.A. Dickey picked up team that went on to win the Philadelphia ...................
W L
3 0
Pct GB
1.000 — Harrison W,1-0........ 7 5 1 1 2 8
Green p 0 0 0 0 Moseley L,0-1.......... 7 4 1 1 1 2
Almont 1b 1 0 0 0
where he left off last year and NL pennant. Atlanta ............................. 2 1 .667 1 Oliver H,1 .................
Feliz ..........................
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
Totals 35 3 7 3 Totals 41121912
Gregerson................
St. Louis
1 3 1 1 0 1
New York ........................ 2 1 .667 1
the New York Mets beat the Florida ............................. 1 2 .333 2 HBP—by Papelbon (Kinsler). WP—Harrison. Milwaukee........................ 101 001 000 — 3
Cincinnati ......................... 020 414 10x — 12
J.Garcia W,1-0 ........
WP—Moseley.
9 4 0 0 2 9
Umpires—Home, Brian Runge;First, Marvin Hud-
Florida Marlins to win their Pirates 5, Cubs 4 Washington .................... 1 2 .333 2
son;Second, Tim McClelland;Third, Ted Barrett. E—Y.Betancourt (1). DP—Milwaukee 1. LOB—Mil- Umpires—Home, Mark Carlson;First, Tim Tim-
Central Division T—2:41. A—46,326 (49,170). waukee 6, Cincinnati 11. 2B—Weeks (2), McGehee mons;Second, Jeff Kellogg;Third, Eric Cooper.
season-opening series. CHICAGO — Pedro Alvarez W L Pct GB (1), Kottaras (1), Wolf (1), Rolen (1), Janish (1), Ar- T—2:03. A—36,414 (43,975).
Cincinnati ........................ 3 0 1.000 —
Dickey (1-0) allowed an drive in two runs with an in- Pittsburgh ....................... 2 1 .667 1 Royals 5, Angels 4
royo (1). HR—Weeks (2), Braun (2), Phillips (1),
Gomes (1), Hanigan 2 (2). SB—Gomes (1), Bruce
unearned run and five hits, field single off closer Carlos Chicago...........................
St. Louis..........................
1
1
2
2
.333
.333
2
2 Los Angeles Kansas City
(1). S—Arroyo. SF—Rolen.
IP H R ER BB SO
T H I S D A T E I N
struck out seven and walked Marmol in the ninth inning Houston ..........................
Milwaukee.......................
0
0
3
3
.000
.000
3
3 MIzturs 2b
ab
5
r
0
h bi
1 0 AEscor ss
ab r h bi
5 0 2 1
Milwaukee B A S E B A L L
Wolf L,0-1 ................ 4 10 6 6 2 5
three. The right-hander went and the Pittsburgh Pirates West Division
HKndrc 1b 5 0 2 0 MeCarr cf 4 0 0 0 Kintzler ..................... 11⁄3 4 4 1 0 1 April 4
Abreu rf 4 1 1 0 Gordon lf 4 0 0 0
11-9 with a 2.84 ERA last sea- rallied for a victory over the Los Angeles .....................
W L
3 1
Pct GB
.750 —
TrHntr dh 4 2 1 1 Butler dh 4 2 2 0
Stetter....................... 2⁄3
Green ....................... 1
1
2
1
1
1
1
0
2
0
0
1974 — The Cincinnati Reds defeated the Atlanta
Braves 7-6 in 11 innings before a crowd of 52,000 at
V.Wells lf 4 1 1 1 Kaaihu 1b 3 0 0 0
son with the Mets, easily the Chicago Cubs to take two of San Diego ......................... 2 1 .667 1
⁄2 Callasp 3b 3 0 2 1 Francr rf 4 1 2 0
Axford ....................... 2⁄3
Loe ............................ 1⁄3
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Riverfront Stadium. In his first at-bat, Hank Aaron hit
Arizona.............................. 1 1 .500 1 a three-run homer off Jack Billingham. It was his
best year of his career. three in the opening series of Colorado ........................... 1 1 .500 1
Aybar ss
BoWlsn c
4
4
0
0
2 1
1 0
Betemt 3b
Dyson pr
4 1 1 0
0 1 0 0
Cincinnati 714th, tying Babe Ruth’s career record. The Braves
San Francisco .................. 1 3 .250 2 Arroyo W,1-0 ........... 7 6 3 3 0 5 had considered keeping Aaron on the bench for the
the season. Saturday's Games
Bourjos cf 2 0 0 0 Aviles 3b
Treanr c
0 0 0 0
3 0 1 1
Ondrusek ................. 1 1 0 0 0 3 season-opening series in Cincinnati so that he
Reds 12, Brewers 3 With the Cubs leading 4-3, Washington 6, Atlanta 3 Getz 2b 4 0 3 2
Chapman ................. 1 0
HBP—by Arroyo (Fielder). WP—Ondrusek. Balk—
0 0 0 1 could attempt to tie the record four days later in At-
Chicago Cubs 5, Pittsburgh 3 Totals 35 411 4 Totals 35 511 4 lanta. But commissioner Bowie Kuhn would not al-
CINCINNATI — Ryan Hani- Pittsburgh’s Garrett Jones led San Diego 11, St. Louis 3 Los Angeles....................... 000 103 000 — 4
Kintzler.
Umpires—Home, Tony Randazzo;First, Dan Belli-
low it and ordered the Braves to put Aaron into the
lineup for at least two of the three games.
gan hit two of Cincinnati’s four off the ninth with a walk San Francisco 10, L.A. Dodgers 0
Philadelphia 9, Houston 4
Kansas City ....................... 000 021 02x — 5 no;Second, Brian Gorman;Third, Larry Vanover. 1988 — George Bell became the first player to hit
DP—Los Angeles 1, Kansas City 1. LOB—Los An- T—3:06. A—24,805 (42,319). three home runs on opening day, leading the Toron-
homers on a windy afternoon, against Marmol (0-1) and Neil Cincinnati 4, Milwaukee 2
N.Y. Mets 6, Florida 4, 10 innings
geles 9, Kansas City 8. 2B—Callaspo (1), Aybar 2 to Blue Jays past the Kansas City Royals 5-3. Bell,
(3), Butler (1). HR—Tor.Hunter (2). SB—A.Escobar bitter throughout spring training with his move to
finishing with a career-high Walker singled before Lyle Colorado 3, Arizona 1 (1). S—Bourjos. designated hitter, homered three times in that role
four hits, and the Reds com- Overbay sacrificed to put run- Sunday's Games
Cincinnati 12, Milwaukee 3 Los Angeles
IP H R ER BB SO
Mets 9, off Bret Saberhagen.
1994 — Chicago’s Karl Rhodes hit three solo home
pleted an emphatic season- ners at second and third. N.Y. Mets 9, Florida 2
Atlanta 11, Washington 2
E.Santana ................ 62⁄3 7 3 3 2 6 Marlins 2 runs off Dwight Gooden in a 12-8 loss to the New
Takahashi H,1 ......... 1⁄3 0 0 0 0 1 York Mets on opening day at Wrigley Field. Rhodes
opening sweep by overpower- Philadelphia 7, Houston 3 Jepsen L,0-1 New York Florida became the second player to homer three times in
St. Louis 2, San Diego 0 ab r h bi ab r h bi
ing the Milwaukee Brewers. Dodgers 7, Giants 5 Pittsburgh 5, Chicago Cubs 4
BS,1-1 ......................
Kansas City
1 4 2 2 0 0
JosRys ss 6 1 2 0 Coghln cf 4 0 0 0
an opener.
1998 — Mark McGwire tied Willie Mays’ National
Arizona at Colorado, ppd., rain Harris lf 5 2 1 2 Infante 2b 4 1 2 1
LOS ANGELES — Marcus L.A. Dodgers 7, San Francisco 5
Davies ...................... 51⁄3
Texeira ..................... 1
7
2
4
0
4
0
2
1
2
0 DWrght 3b 3 0 0 0 HRmrz ss 5 0 1 0
League record by hitting a home run in each of his
first four games of the season. McGwire launched a
Braves 11, Nationals 2 Thames tripled in the go-ahead Monday's Games Crow W,1-0.............. 12⁄3 2 0 0 1 2 I.Davis 1b 5 2 2 1 GSnchz 1b 5 0 3 1 towering three-run shot in the sixth inning of an 8-6
Atlanta (Beachy 0-0) at Milwaukee (Narveson 0-0), Soria S,1-1............... 1 0 0 0 0 0 Pagan cf 2 1 0 1 Morrsn lf 2 0 0 0 victory over the San Diego Padres.
WASHINGTON — Tim run during a four-run seventh 2:10 p.m. WP—E.Santana. Duda rf
Hairstn ph-rf
3 1 1 0 J.Buck c
1 0 0 1 Bonifac 3b
5 0 1 0
5 0 2 0
1999 — America’s pastime opened in Mexico for the
Arizona (Saunders 0-0) at Chicago Cubs (Wells Umpires—Home, Paul Nauert;First, Doug Eddings- first time. The Colorado Rockies beat the Chicago
Hudson pitched seven solid inning and the Los Angeles 0-0), 2:20 p.m. ;Second, Dana DeMuth;Third, Kerwin Danley. DnMrp 2b 3 1 1 1 Cousins rf 3 1 0 0 Cubs 8-2 in baseball’s first season opener away
Capuan p 0 0 0 0 Vazquz p 0 0 0 0 from the United States and Canada.
innings in another strong start Dodgers defeated the San Pittsburgh (Morton 0-0) at St. Louis (Lohse 0-0),
8:15 p.m.
T—2:45. A—17,328 (37,903).
DCrrsc p 0 0 0 0 Mujica p 0 0 0 0 2001 — Hideo Nomo became the fourth pitcher in
Beltran ph 1 0 0 0 DMrph ph 1 0 0 0
against Washington and Brian Francisco Giants, taking three Tuesday's Games Byrdak p 0 0 0 0 Sanchs p 1 0 1 0
major league history to throw a no-hitter in both
leagues in Boston’s 3-0 victory over Baltimore. No-
McCann had four RBI in the of four from the defending Arizona at Chicago Cubs, 2:20 p.m. Athletics 7, Mariners 1 TBchlz p 0 0 0 0 Helms ph 1 0 0 0 mo, who threw the first no-hitter in Colorado’s Co-
San Francisco at San Diego, 6:35 p.m. Thole c 3 0 1 0 Choate p 0 0 0 0 ors Field on Sept. 17, 1996, for Los Angeles, walked
Seattle Oakland
Atlanta Braves’ victory over the World Series champions. N.Y. Mets at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m.
Houston at Cincinnati, 7:10 p.m. ab r h bi ab r h bi Dickey p 2 0 0 0 Hayes ph 1 0 1 0 three and struck out 11 in the first no-hitter in the
Hu 2b 2 1 0 0 R.Webb p 0 0 0 0 10-year history of Camden Yards. Nomo joined Cy
Nationals. The Dodgers scored all four Washington at Florida, 7:10 p.m. ISuzuki rf
Figgins 3b
3 0 1 0 Crisp cf
4 0 0 0 Barton 1b
5 1 3 1
3 1 0 0 Totals 36 9 8 6 Totals 37 211 2 Young, Jim Bunning and Nolan Ryan as the only
Atlanta at Milwaukee, 8:10 p.m.
Hudson (1-0) gave up one runs off reliever Dan Runzler Pittsburgh at St. Louis, 8:15 p.m. Bradly lf
Cust dh
4 0 1 0 DeJess rf
4 0 1 0 Wlngh lf
4 1 0 0
4 2 1 0
New York ........................... 304 000 020 — 9
Florida ................................ 001 000 100 — 2
pitchers with no-hitters in both leagues.
2003 — Sammy Sosa of the Chicago Cubs became
L.A. Dodgers at Colorado, 8:40 p.m.
run and three hits, struck out (0-1). Smoak 1b 3 0 1 0 Matsui dh 4 1 2 1 E—Choate (1), H.Ramirez (1), Bonifacio (1). LOB— the 18th player to hit 500 career homers, connecting
for a solo shot in a 10-9 loss to Cincinnati. He be-
Olivo c 3 0 0 0 KSuzuk c 3 0 1 1 New York 11, Florida 14. 2B—Jos.Reyes (1), Dan-
Lngrhn cf 4 1 2 1 M.Ellis 2b 3 0 1 3 .Murphy (1), Thole (1), G.Sanchez (3), J.Buck (2), came the fifth player to reach 500 homers before his
A L B O X S C O R E S Ryan ss 1 0 0 0 Kzmnff 3b 3 1 2 1 Bonifacio (1). HR—Harris (1), I.Davis (1). SB—Har- 35th birthday. Babe Ruth, Hank Aaron, Willie Mays
and Jimmie Foxx were the others.
LRdrgz ph 1 0 0 0 Pnngtn ss 3 0 0 0 ris (1). S—Dickey. SF—Infante.
AMERICAN LEAGUE ROUNDUP Tigers 10, Yankees 7
JWilson 2b 2 0 0 0 IP H R ER BB SO

Detroit New York

AKndy ph
Totals
1 0 0 0
30 1 6 1 Totals 32 710 7
New York
Dickey W,1-0 ........... 6 5 1 0 3 7
S A T U R D AY ’ S
L A T E B O X E S

Cabrera and Tigers

ab r h bi ab r h bi Seattle ................................ 010 000 000 — 1 Capuano................... 2⁄3 3 1 1 1 0
AJcksn cf 3 2 0 0 Gardnr lf 5 0 0 0 Oakland.............................. 001 101 40x — 7 D.Carrasco H,1 ....... 1⁄3 0 0 0 0 1
Santiag 2b 5 1 2 1 Jeter ss 4 0 0 0 E—Ryan (1), Barton (3). DP—Seattle 1, Oakland 2. Byrdak ...................... 1 2 0 0 0 1
Boesch dh 4 4 4 4 Teixeir 1b 5 1 2 1 LOB—Seattle 8, Oakland 8. 2B—Bradley (1), T.Buchholz............... 1 1 0 0 1 1 Rockies 3, Diamondbacks 1
MiCarr 1b 5 2 3 4 AlRdrg 3b 5 0 1 0 Smoak (2), Crisp (1), Willingham (1), Matsui (1), Florida
Vazquez L,0-1 ......... 21⁄3 6 7 4 5 1 Arizona Colorado
VMrtnz c 5 0 0 0 Cano 2b 5 2 1 1 K.Suzuki (1). 3B—Crisp (1). HR—Langerhans (1). ab r h bi ab r h bi
Raburn lf 5 0 2 1 Swisher rf 3 2 3 1 SB—J.Wilson (1). S—J.Wilson, Pennington. SF— Mujica ....................... 2⁄3 0 0 0 1 0
Blmqst ss 4 0 1 0 Fowler cf 3 0 1 1

win a long-ball derby

Kelly rf 4 0 0 0 Posada dh 5 2 2 4 Kouzmanoff. Sanches ................... 4 0 0 0 1 2
Choate ...................... 1 1 2 0 2 1 KJhnsn 2b 4 0 0 0 S.Smith rf 4 0 1 0
JhPerlt ss 4 1 3 0 Grndrs cf 4 0 0 0 IP H R ER BB SO J.Upton rf 4 1 1 0 CGnzlz lf 3 0 1 0
Inge 3b 4 0 0 0 Martin c 4 0 3 0 Seattle R.Webb .................... 1 1 0 0 0 1
HBP—by Sanches (Duda). WP—Dickey. PB— CYoung cf 3 0 0 0 Tlwtzk ss 3 0 0 0
Totals 39101410 Totals 40 712 7 Fister L,0-1 .............. 52⁄3 8 3 2 0 2 RRorts 3b 4 0 2 1 Helton 1b 4 0 0 0
Detroit .............................. 203 022 001 — 10 Lueke........................ 2⁄3 2 4 4 2 2 Thole. Monter c 4 0 1 0 JoLopz 2b 3 1 1 0
Pauley....................... 2⁄3 0 0 0 1 0 Umpires—Home, Greg Gibson;First, Todd Tiche- Nady 1b 3 0 0 0 Stewart 3b 3 0 0 0
New York ......................... 022 020 100 — 7 nor;Second, Gerry Davis;Third, Sam Holbrook.
E—Raburn (1). DP—New York 1. LOB—Detroit 6, Wilhelmsen .............. 1 0 0 0 0 1 Branyn ph 1 0 0 0 Iannett c 3 2 2 1
Oakland T—3:21. A—18,936 (38,560). GParra lf 2 0 0 0 DeLRs p 2 0 1 1
New York 9. 2B—Santiago (1), Raburn (1), Swisher
(1), Martin (1). HR—Boesch (1), Mi.Cabrera 2 (2), G.Gonzalez W,1-0.. 7 6 1 1 4 4 DHdsn p 2 0 1 0 Belisle p 0 0 0 0
Teixeira (3), Cano (1), Posada 2 (2). SB—A.Jack- Blevins...................... 2 0 0 0 1 3 Mickoli p 0 0 0 0 Splrghs ph 1 0 0 0
The Associated Press in the ninth when Adam Lind son (1). SF—Boesch. HBP—by Pauley (K.Suzuki), by Fister (Barton). Braves 11, Mirand ph 1 0 0 0 RBtncr p 0 0 0 0
IP H R ER BB SO Umpires—Home, Paul Emmel;First, Rob Drake- Patersn p 0 0 0 0 Street p 0 0 0 0
NEW YORK — Miguel Ca- grounded out against closer Detroit ;Second, Gary Darling;Third, Bruce Dreckman. Nationals 2 Demel p 0 0 0 0
Scherzer W,1-0 ....... 5 9 6 6 2 6 T—2:44. A—22,292 (35,067). Atlanta Washington Totals 32 1 6 1 Totals 29 3 7 3
brera hit a pair of two-run Joe Nathan. Coke H,1 .................. 2 2 1 1 0 0 ab r h bi ab r h bi Arizona ............................... 000 000 001 — 1
Benoit H,1 ................ 1 1 0 0 0 1 Prado lf-3b 5 1 3 1 Dsmnd ss 4 0 0 0
homers, Brennan Boesch had a Valverde S,1-1 ........ 1 0 0 0 1 0 McLoth cf 4 3 1 1 Werth rf 2 1 0 0
Colorado ............................ 001 200 00x — 3
DP—Arizona 2, Colorado 1. LOB—Arizona 7, Col-
two-run shot among four hits Orioles 5, Rays 1 New York N L B O X S C O R E S C.Jones 3b 4 0 1 1 L.Nix ph 1 0 0 0 orado 5. 2B—Fowler (1), S.Smith (2), Iannetta (2).
P.Hughes L,0-1 ....... 4 5 5 5 2 1 MaYng pr-lf 0 1 0 0 Zmrmn 3b 3 0 0 0 SB—Bloomquist 2 (3), G.Parra (1).
and four RBIs, and the Detroit ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Colon ........................ 4 6 4 4 1 5
Phillies 7, Astros 3 McCnn c 5 1 3 4 Cora 3b 0 0 0 0 IP H R ER BB SO
Chamberlain ............ 1 3 1 1 0 1 Uggla 2b 5 0 1 0 AdLRc 1b 3 0 1 1 Arizona
Tigers outslugged the New Zach Britton pitched six sharp WP—Coke. Houston Philadelphia Heywrd rf 4 1 2 1 Stairs ph 0 0 0 0 D.Hudson L,0-1....... 6 6 3 3 2 5
York Yankees 10-7 Sunday for innings in his major league Umpires—Home, C.B. Bucknor;First, Dan Iassog-
na;Second, Dale Scott;Third, Jerry Meals. Bourn cf
ab
3
r
0
h bi
0 0 Mrtnz cf
ab r h bi
4 0 1 1
AlGnzlz ss
Fremn 1b
5
3
2
1
1 0
0 1
Morse lf
Ankiel cf
4 0 1 0
3 0 0 0
Mickolio ....................
Paterson ................... 1⁄3
1 0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
their first win of the season. debut and J.J. Hardy hit a two- T—3:20. A—40,574 (50,291). AngSnc ss 4 0 0 0 Herndn p 0 0 0 0 THudsn p
Hinske ph
2
1
1
0
0 0
0 0
Brdrck p
Gaudin p
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
Demel ....................... 2⁄3 0 0 0 1 0
Pence rf 4 1 3 1 Gload ph 1 0 0 0 Colorado
Boesch matched a career run double, leading Baltimore Ca.Lee lf 3 1 1 0 Kndrck p 0 0 0 0 Venters p 0 0 0 0 Storen p 0 0 0 0 De La Rosa W,1-0 .. 51⁄3 3 0 0 1 5
Hicks ph 1 0 0 0 WRams ph 1 0 0 0 Belisle H,1................ 12⁄3 1 0 0 0 0
high with four hits, scored four to the season-opening three- Twins 4, Blue Jays 3 Fulchin p
Hall 2b
0
4
0
0
0 0
1 0
Polanc 3b
Rollins ss
4 2 2 0
3 1 2 0 Linernk p 0 0 0 0 Espinos 2b 3 1 2 0 R.Betancourt H,1 .... 1 0 0 0 1 1
runs and had a sacrifice fly for game sweep. Minnesota Toronto Wallac 1b
CJhnsn 3b
3
4
1
0
0 1
2 0
Howard 1b
Ibanez lf
5 1 3 4
4 0 0 0
IRdrgz c
Zmrmn p
3 0 0 0
2 0 0 0
Street S,1-1 .............
PB—Montero.
1 2 1 1 1 1
ab r h bi ab r h bi
the Tigers, who were without Britton (1-0) allowed one run Span cf 4 1 2 1 YEscor ss 2 0 0 1 Quinter c 4 0 0 0 BFrncs rf 5 2 3 1 Coffey p
Slaten p
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 Mariners 5, Athletics 2
Norris p 1 0 0 0 Ruiz c 3 1 0 0
No. 3 hitter Magglio Ordonez. and three hits, struck out six Nishiok 2b
DYong lf
4 0 1 1 JRiver dh
5 0 0 0 J.Nix pr
4 0 1 0
0 0 0 0 Inglett ph 1 0 0 0 Valdez 2b 3 0 1 0 HrstnJr cf 1 0 0 1 Seattle Oakland
Totals 391112 9 Totals 30 2 4 2
Jorge Posada smashed a pair and walked three. Recalled Mornea dh 4 0 1 0 Bautist rf
ACasill pr-dh 0 0 0 0 Lind 1b
4 1 2 1
5 1 1 0
Abad p 0 0 0 0 Oswalt p
Victorn
2 0 0 0
Atlanta .............................. 100 020 260 — 11 ISuzuki rf
ab
5
r
1
h bi
2 1 Crisp cf
ab r h bi
3 1 1 0
of two-run homers, Mark Teix- before the game from Triple-A Cuddyr 1b 4 0 1 0 A.Hill 2b 4 0 0 0 AnRdrg p 0 0 0 0 ph-cf 2 0 1 1 Washington ..................... 100 000 010 — 2 Figgins 3b 4 0 1 1 Barton 1b 4 0 3 0
Kubel rf 3 1 2 0 Encrnc 3b 4 0 0 0 DelRsr p 0 0 0 0 E—Espinosa (1). DP—Atlanta 1. LOB—Atlanta 8, Bradly lf 5 1 2 0 DeJess rf 4 0 0 1
eira connected for the third Norfolk, Britton had around 30 Repko pr-rf 0 0 0 0 Snider lf 4 1 2 0 Bourgs ph 1 0 0 0 Washington 4. 2B—Prado 2 (2), McLouth (1), Cust dh 4 0 1 1 Wlngh lf 4 0 1 1
Melncn p 0 0 0 0 C.Jones (2), Espinosa (2). 3B—Ale.Gonzalez (1). Smoak 1b 2 0 1 0 Matsui dh 4 0 0 0
straight game and Robinson family members and friends in Valenci 3b
Butera c
3 1 1 1 Arencii c
4 1 1 0 McCoy cf
3 0 0 0
3 0 2 0 Michals lf 1 0 0 0 SB—McCann (1). SF—Prado. Ryan ss 4 1 1 0 KSuzuk c 4 0 1 0
Cano hit his first of the season attendance. Tolbert ss
Totals
4 0 1 1
35 410 4 Totals 33 3 8 2
Totals 33 3 7 2 Totals 36 713 7
Atlanta
IP H R ER BB SO JWilson 2b
MSndrs cf
4
2
1
0
2 0
0 1
M.Ellis 2b
Kzmnff 3b
4 0 1 0
4 0 0 0
Houston.............................. 000 101 001 — 3
T.Hudson W,1-0...... 7 3 1 1 1 5 Moore c 3 0 0 0 Pnngtn ss 2 1 1 0
for New York. Minnesota .......................... 001 020 001 — 4 Philadelphia....................... 401 002 00x — 7
Venters..................... 1 1 1 1 0 0 Olivo ph-c 1 1 1 0 CJcksn ph 1 0 0 0
Royals 12, Angels 9 Toronto............................... 000 101 001 — 3 DP—Philadelphia 1. LOB—Houston 6, Philadel-
Linebrink .................. 1 0 0 0 2 1 AnLRc ss 0 0 0 0
E—Nishioka (2), Valencia (1), Encarnacion 2 (3). phia 11. 2B—Hall (1), C.Johnson (1), Polanco 2 (2),
Washington Sweeny ph 1 0 0 0
Indians 7, White Sox 1 KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Matt DP—Minnesota 2, Toronto 2. LOB—Minnesota 8, Howard (1). HR—Pence (1), Howard (1), B.Francis-
co (1). S—Valdez. Zimmermann L,0-1 . 6 4 3 2 3 2 Totals 34 511 4 Totals 35 2 8 2
Toronto 10. 2B—McCoy (1). HR—Span (1), Valen-
CLEVELAND — Orlando Treanor hit a three-run homer cia (1), Bautista (2). S—Y.Escobar. SF—Y.Esco- IP H R ER BB SO Coffey ....................... 2⁄3
Slaten........................ 1⁄3
1
1
2
0
2
0
1
1
1
0
Seattle ................................ 000 001 103 — 5
bar. Houston Oakland.............................. 001 000 010 — 2
Cabrera hit a two-run homer with two outs in the 13th in- IP H R ER BB SO Norris L,0-1.............. 4 6 5 5 1 7 Broderick.................. 2⁄3 2 4 4 1 0 E—Barton (2). LOB—Seattle 7, Oakland 7.
Gaudin ...................... 1⁄3 4 2 2 0 0
and assisted in the majors’ first ning, sending the Royals to Minnesota
Blackburn W,1-0 ..... 52⁄3 6 2 1 1 2
Abad .........................
An.Rodriguez .......... 1⁄3
1 1
1
0
2
0
2
0
1
0
0 Storen....................... 1 0 0 0 0 0
2B—Figgins (1), Ryan (1), Barton 2 (2). SB—I.Suzu-
ki (3), Bradley (1), Crisp (1). CS—Ryan (1). S—
WP—T.Hudson. Balk—Broderick.
triple play of the season, help- their third straight victory in Mijares H,1 .............. 1⁄3 0 0 0 2 1 Del Rosario.............. 2⁄3
Melancon ................. 1
2
2
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0 Umpires—Home, Mike DiMuro;First, Andy Fletch-
M.Saunders. SF—Figgins, M.Saunders.
IP H R ER BB SO
Capps H,1................ 1 0 0 0 0 0
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Giants 5
League S,1-1........... 1 0 0 0 0 0
Rodney, who started the inning Frasor ....................... 1 0 0 0 0 1 HBP—by Oswalt (Ca.Lee).
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Oakland
Anderson ................. 6 5 1 1 1 5
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first three hits — and four of sweep. Totals 31 1 7 1 Totals 32 711 7 Totals 40 516 5 Totals 33 4 9 4 (1), Tejada (1), Furcal (1). 3B—Carroll (1), Thames Boston.............................. 020 100 200 — 5
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five — were solo shots. Coco Crisp hit an RBI triple
Chicago.............................. 001 000 000 — 1
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(1). HR—P.Sandoval (1), Burrell (2), Rowand (1),
Kemp (1). S—F.Sanchez. E—O’Day (1). DP—Texas 2. LOB—Boston 8, Tex-
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Twins 4, Blue Jays 3 hitting for the cycle by a home
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avoid a three-game sweep. start and added an RBI single Cleveland Karstens W,1-0 ....... 1 0 0 0 0 0 Kuo ........................... 2⁄3
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C.Lewis W,1-0......... 6 6 3 3 2 4
Garza........................ 7 12 3 3 0 12 HBP—by Kuroda (Torres). Balk—Mota.
homer of the season but it gave the slugger a combined C.Perez .................... 1
Humber pitched to 2 batters in the 8th.
0 0 0 0 0
K.Wood H,1 ............. 1 2 0 0 0 1 Umpires—Home, Adrian Johnson;First, Gary Ce- Tobin......................... 1 1 2 2 2 0
derstrom;Second, Lance Barksdale;Third, Fieldin Strop ......................... 1 0 0 0 1 2
wasn’t enough for the Blue 2,500 hits between his career HBP—by Masterson (Beckham). WP—Danks.
Umpires—Home, Mark Wegner;First, Chris Guc-
Marmol L,0-1
BS,1-2 ...................... 1 2 2 2 1 0 Culbreth. O’Day........................ 1 1 0 0 0 0
HBP—by Tobin (Saltalamacchia). WP—Strop.
Jays, who left the bases loaded in Japan and the major leagues. cione;Second, Mike Winters;Third, Mike Everitt. WP—Ohlendorf. T—3:03. A—50,896 (56,000).

●PAGE 4B MONDAY, APRIL 4, 2011
LOCAL COLLEGES
King’s sweeps Wilkes
in doubleheader action
The Times Leader staff
WILKES-BARRE TWP. –
The King’s softball team de-
feated Wilkes twice on Sunday
at the Betzler Athletic Com-
plex.
King’s won the first game
10-3 followed by an 8-0 win in
five innings.
In the first game, Wilkes
jumped out to a 3-0 advantage
in the third inning. But the
Monarchs tied the game with
three runs in the bottom half
of the inning. In the fourth,
Kaitlin Siegfried had a two-
run single, and King’s added
another run on an Amanda
Cardone single.
King’s added six more runs
in the fourth to seal the win.
Cardone led the Monarchs in
the opener, going three for
five with two RBI.
King’s quickly took a 4-0
lead in the first inning of the
second game. Nanticoke Area
grad Jenn Harsnischfeger
moved the lead to 6-0 with an
RBI single in the second. The
game was halted in the fifth
inning after King’s reached an
8-0 lead.
Harnischfeger ended the
game with two hits, while
Brittany Haight threw a one-
hitter in the contest.
Misericordia sweeps Elmira
Misericordia defeated Elmi-
ra twice on Sunday with
scores of 2-1 and 4-3.
In the first game, Hollie
Sarnak, Caitlin Cromley and
Nicole Boccia each had two
hits. In the second contest,
both Sarnak and Cromley hit
two-run home runs in the win.
COLLEGE BASEBALL
Misericordia sweeps King’s
The Misericordia baseball
team defeat King’s twice on
Sunday, scoring 28 runs over
the two games. The Cougars
won 10-6 in the first match
and 18-6 in the second game.
In game one, Jared Turner
and Joey Troxell each had an
RBI for King’s in the second
inning, but Misericordia re-
sponded with four runs in the
inning. The Monarchs took
back the lead with three runs,
two of which came on a sec-
ond double by Turner.
Misericordia scored six runs
in the sixth for the win.
In the second game, the
Cougars opened with an eight
run fourth inning, including a
grand-slam from Andrew Tres-
sa.
Wilkes loses two at DeSales
The Wilkes baseball team
lost both games of a double-
header at DeSales on Sunday,
including an 4-3 extra inning
loss in the first game and a
12-7 loss in the nightcap.
Tay Sidler drove in two
runs in the first game for the
Colonels.
CYCLING
Continued from Page 1B
years,” said Booey Hottenstein,
a member of the Upstate Velo
winning team. “It feels good to
have a great group of guys who
work well together as a team. It
makes a difference when every-
one works so well as a unit. We
should be in for a great season.”
Upstate Velo Club Team No. 2
(Hottenstein, 18, of Kingston;
Luke Lukas, 16, of Courtdale;
John Novak, 19, of Tunkhan-
nock; David Novak, 17, of Tunk-
hannock; and James Pitman, 24,
of Milford) won the 5-Mile Time
Trials, finishing in 11 minutes,
and 52.78 seconds.
Lamprey Systems of Bethle-
hem (Greg Ahert, Roland Ettle,
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In the second game, Wilkes
trailed 11-2 by the third in-
ning. Tyler Marino, a graduate
of Meyers, had a two-run
double in Wilkes’ four-run
fourth.
COLLEGE WOMENS
TENNIS
Wilkes 6, NYU 3
The Wilkes womens tennis
team defeated NYU on Sun-
day as Rebekah Shanaman
and Victoria Bybel won in
singles action.
Melanie Nolt and Ally Kris-
tofco as well as Katie Lynn
and Alexis Donner won in
doubles play for the Colonels.
Alvernia 6, King’s 3
The King’s women’s tennis
team lost to Alvernia on Sun-
day after losing all three dou-
bles contests and spliting the
six singles matches.
Rachel Hoffangle, Maria
Cometa, and Nicole Molino
were victorious in singles play
for the Monarchs.
Elizabethtown 9, Misericordia
0 the first true mid-major to win
The Misericordia womens
tennis team was swept on the
road at Elizabethtown on
Sunday.
COLLEGE MENS TENNIS
NYU 8, Wilkes 1
The Wilkes men’s tennis
team lost to NYU on Sunday
picking up only one match
win at No. 1 doubles.
Evan Katz and Wes McCol-
lum won the Colonels’ only
contest with an 8-6 win.
COLLEGE WOMENS
LACROSSE
Marywood 21, Wilkes 9
Keri Meerholz scored five
goals, but the host Marywood
defeated Wilkes on Sunday.
Meerholz first goal cut the
Marywood lead to 2-1 before
the Pacers pulled away the
rest of the match. Wilkes
scored four goals in the last
9:06, but the deficit was too
large for a comeback.
Eastern 18, King’s 7
The King’s womens lacrosse
team fell to Eastern on Sun-
day after trading leads before
the Eagles pulled away for the
win.
Teraya Overton and Sarah
O’Doherty tied the game for
King’s at 2-2. After finding
itself down again, goals by
Krystina Villareal and Amanda
Harney tied the game at 4-4.
COLLEGE MENS
LACROSSE
Widener 24, Wilkes 5
Lee Blair scored two goals,
yet Wilkes fell to Widener on
Sunday. J.R. Lauri, Nicholas
Santillo and Andrew Bath
each scored one goal in the
loss.
Jeff Hetrick) finished second in
the five miler, clocking in at
12:02.64. Cycledrome of Trexler-
town (Steve Baumbach, Larry
Detris, Mike Holub, Jon Ruiz,
Austin Dvaco) finished third in
12:31.16.
The Time Trials featured
groups of five bikers from the
same club working together to
cover the five-mile course as fast
as they could. The teams would
ride in lines with each racer tak-
ing turns picking up drafts from
the frontrunner. Points were
awarded to the top three teams.
The 42-mile race consisted of
sprints over every third lap.
Points were awarded to the top
three teams after each sprint.
And double points were awarded
to the top teams at the half-way
point.
Upstate Velo won nine of the
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NCAA
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magic conjured by a power pro-
gram with one of the nation’s
best players.
Butler and Connecticut will
meet tonight in the national ti-
tle game — the eighth-seeded
Bulldogs trying to finish the
deal after coming oh-so-close
last season and the third-seeded
Huskies (31-9), led by Kemba
Walker, talking about shocking
the world with their 11th
straight victory after a regular
season that foreshadowed none
of this.
“We were all rooting for
UConn because it was a great
story,” Stevens said, “a lot of fun
to follow.”
As is Butler, the team from a
4,500-student campus in Indi-
anapolis that practices at Hinkle
Fieldhouse, used as the back-
drop for the classic movie “Hoo-
siers” — the based-on-reality
melodrama in which tiny Hicko-
ry High stares down the biggest
schools in Indiana and wins the
state championship. On its sec-
ond try.
What seemed impossible in
that movie is becoming more
the norm, at least in the college
game. Last season, Butler (28-9)
came one desperation heave
from toppling Duke to become
the championship. This season,
Butler wasn’t even the biggest
longshot at the Final Four. That
was VCU, an 11th seed that fell
to the Bulldogs in Saturday’s
semifinal.
As recently as 2008, the
NCAA tournament landed all
four No. 1 seeds in the Final
Four. This year, there wasn’t a
PENGUINS
Continued from Page 1B
shot from the high slot that
screened Crunch netminder Ti-
mo Pielmeier to break the tie.
Potter said two or three weeks’
worth of work has finally settled
in new power-play units.
“The last couple of weeks,
that’s something we’ve been
working on. That’s going to be
huge for us down the stretch,’’
Potter said. “The guys on the
power play are starting to get
used to each other.’’
Walker doubled the cushion
at the 10:31 mark. He freed him-
self on the left side of the crease
to swat a bid past Pielmeier.
“Some of it’s chemistry,’’
Hynes said of the more danger-
ous power play. “We’ve tried sev-
eral different things. We had so
many lineup changes over the
past few months. Good work
habits have been the differ-
ence.’’
As if the Penguins needed any
more offensive options, Thomp-
son, a free agent forward out of
the University of New Hamp-
shire, appears to be raising his
hand in that area. He joined the
team last week, recorded an as-
sist in each of his first two games
with the Penguins and then fired
14 sprints in the 42-miler. And
when the final points were to-
taled, Upstate Velo (Hi-Tech
Flooring) finished with 90
points. Lehigh Wheelmen (Bike
Line), of Allentown, finished
second with 62 points. Lamprey
Systems, of Bethlehem, placed
third with 51 points.
The winning team gets to keep
the cup for a year.
Phil Cable, acting race direc-
tor, was excited about his club’s
victory and the overall success of
this year’s event.
“We’re really excited about
having such a good turnout for
our first race of the season,” said
Cable. “We were the only club at
this event to field an all-women
team.”
The all-women team (Mary
Stella Stabinsky, 34, of Plains
Township; Kerry Potter, 38, of
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single 1 or 2 for the first time in “We had to be poised, I
IRISH
the 33-year history of seeding.
mean, we had to try to
UConn coach Jim Calhoun
said this has been the natural make Maya take tough
progression since the NCAA
started limiting scholarships
Continued from Page 1B shots, and I think she
and new NBA rules triggered a time defending champions. did. And at the end we
flood of players who would Moore finished with 36 points,
come to college for one year, including 12 straight as she tried
said, ‘We have to stay
then declare for the draft. to rally the Huskies from a 12- poised on defense and
“It’s as close to parity as there point deficit in the final 6 min-
can be,” Calhoun said. “It cer- utes, but it wasn’t enough.
we have to execute on
tainly can occur in a tourna- The four-time All-American offense.’ We showed a
ment a lot more than it could and AP player of the year was lot more poise than we
playing a Saturday night, then overshadowed by Diggins, the
Big Monday. It’s just the nature South Bend native who felt right did in the first three
of things.” at home in Conseco Fieldhouse, games against Connecti-
If anyone can say they’ve mas- where she led her high school to
tered it this season, it’s UConn. three straight championships. cut.”
Led by Walker, the junior guard Now she can add a NCAA cham- Skylar Diggins
on the verge of becoming the pionship to that list with a victory Notre Dame sophomore guard
best player to ever put on a Tuesday night.
Huskies uniform, Connecticut “We had to be poised, I mean,
won five games in five nights we had to try to make Maya take
against Big East competition to tough shots, and I think she did,” another three-point play that
win the postseason tourna- Diggins said. “And at the end we made it 41-38 with 13:17 left and
ment. A remarkable accom- said, ’We have to stay poised on brought the pro-Irish crowd to its
plishment in any conference, defense and we have to execute feet and left Geno Auriemma’s
but especially the Big East — on offense.’ We showed a lot more team reeling.
the 16-team behemoth that poise than we did in the first three The Irish extended their lead
placed a record 11 teams in the games against Connecticut.” to 47-40 a few minutes later be-
tournament this year. Maybe Trailing 34-26 early in the sec- fore UConn cut the deficit to four
because of the grueling nature ond half, Diggins’ three-point on Bria Hartley’s 3-pointer.
of its regular season, the Big play started a 15-4 run by the Brittany Mallory and Natalie
East wore down and had a ter- Irish. Devereaux Peters’ added Novosel hit consecutive 3-point-
rible showing, only moving two her own three-point play that ers to make it a 12-point game
teams into the second weekend. gave Notre Dame a 38-37 advan- with just over 7 minutes left.
But Connecticut is still stand- tage — its first lead since midway Moore did her best to try to rally
ing, a testament to Walker’s through the first half. her young team, but the Huskies
playmaking ability and Cal- Diggins capped the burst with fell short.
houn’s ability to adjust on the fly
to the fatigue that has predict-
DOG
ably set in. he would not be a Butler fan on
“Our code has been very sim- Monday night. He doesn’t like
ple: ‘The hell with it, let’s just go rooting for teams that just beat
play basketball,”’ Calhoun said. him.
Continued from Page 1B
“Well, we wouldn’t be doing all Count him in the minority.
the things we did last night de- Butler guard Shawn Vanzant Even his teammate, Bradford
fensively to Kentucky if we just said. “We’re both smaller Burgess, said he thought it was
kind of rolled the thing out schools and we’re always the important that Butler win on
there. We worked very hard on underdog.” Monday night to prove the mid-
it. But we worked on it in a dif- Both are private schools locat- major can win it.
ferent way.” ed in residential areas of large “We’ve shown how far mid-
cities. Both were actually found- majors have come,” Burgess
ed through the Disciples of said.
in his first AHL goal at the 8:46 Christ church. Both are in mid- Perhaps that’s why the post-
mark of the second to break a 1-1 major conferences that are rou- game interview for VCU didn’t
deadlock. tinely deemed unworthy of the exactly feel like a wake. The
After the contest, that same affection shown for the leagues Rams recognize what they just
biscuit was safely tucked away that have guaranteed TV deals did. No other NCAA at-large
in the left pocket of his jacket. with the four lettered. “We both team received the on-air bashing
“It’s nice to get one here in the beat Wisconsin, too,” Butler that VCU did.
first weekend. It gives you more center Andrew Smith said. Here VCU embarrassed teams from
confidence at this level,’’ is little Butler, killing theory the Pac-10, the Big East, the Big
Thompson said. “It’s about try- after theory. Ten, the ACC and the Big 12 en
ing to earn some respect from route to this Final Four appear-
these guys. They’ve been going You have to have at least ance.
at it all year. As you get accus- three pros to win a title “We sent the message that
tomed to it (the AHL), you be- Butler may have one. we’re good enough to make it
come part of the team, and you Guard Shelvin Mack, who this far and we outplayed five
want the same thing those guys scored 24 points, hitting five BCS teams in this tournament,”
want.’’ 3-pointers, is Butler’s best Rams coach Shaka Smart said.
Which, right now, is just a lit- chance at a pro off this team. He It was the team from the little
tle rest. has been a major pain for every Horizon League the Rams
“Any time you earn some time team in this tournament, and if couldn’t handle.
off, it’s a good thing,’’ Thomp- Butler wins the title he will be The only unfortunate part for
son said. the Final Four MVP. Butler is that this is not done.
Center Matt Howard, who The Bulldogs have demon-
Penguins ........................................... 0 2 3 - 5
Syracuse ........................................... 1 0 2 - 3
scored 17 points and had eight strated they can win five in this
First Period: 1, Syracuse, Bonino 11 10:53. Pe-
nalties-Green Syr (delay of game), 3:17; Boulerice
rebounds, is a wonderful college tournament. They really need to
Wbs (tripping), 5:33; de Gray Syr (holding), 11:34. player. He just looks 45, and like win six.
Second Period: 2, W-B/Scranton, Veilleux 11
(Petersen, Walker), 5:03 (PP). 3, W-B/Scranton, he’s calling “next” for a game at And watching Kentucky play
Thompson 1 (Petersen, Street), 8:46. Penalties-
McGrattan Syr (roughing), 3:21. the YMCA. Howard, who was 11 UConn, I don’t know how Butler
Third Period: 4, Syracuse, Bonino 12 (Ma-
roon, Salters), 1:29. 5, W-B/Scranton, Potter 7 of 12 from the foul line on Sat- can win that game. Both teams
(Hutchinson, Petersen), 6:33 (PP). 6, W-B/Scran- urday, may get a shot in Europe. are bigger, stronger, faster and
ton, Walker 11 (Petersen, DeSantis), 10:31 (PP).
7, Syracuse, Deschamps 13 (Green), 16:37. 8, W- There is no one else on this more athletic. Both teams have
B/Scranton, Veilleux 12 (Petersen, DeSantis),
18:35. Penalties-DiPenta Syr (interference), 6:00; team that will get a sniff from guaranteed pros.
Deschamps Syr (tripping), 6:26; Bonino Syr
(roughing), 10:17; Guenin Syr (slashing), 11:59; The Association. It was the same thing said
Lerg Wbs (holding), 13:52; Strait Wbs (tripping),
16:00; Palmieri Syr (high-sticking), 16:27.Shots about Boise State against Okla-
on Goal: W-B/Scranton 8-12-10-30. Syracuse 7-
9-10-26.Power Play Opportunities: W-B/Scran-
You have to be in a power homa in football. Or what some
ton 3 / 8; Syracuse 0 / 3. conference to win a title people, but not as many, said
Goalies: W-B/Scranton, Thiessen 33-7-1 (26
shots-23 saves). Syracuse, Pielmeier 15-17-1 (30
shots-25 saves). A - 4,886 Referees - Chris Brown
“Conferences don’t matter,” about TCU against Wisconsin.
(86), Jarrod Ragusin (42). Linesmen - Justin Pru- Vanzant said. Tonight, the crowd at ca-
sak (70), Derek Sylvester (76).
Maybe he is right. vernous Reliant Stadium will
Here is Butler, carrying the most certainly be pro UConn.
flag for the Horizon League, the But most of the millions
Wyoming; Kristin Patchell, 30, Mountain West Conference, the watching on TV will be pro
of Scranton; Amy Koop, 37, of Colonial Athletic Association, Butler, hoping the cute fat little
New York City) did well. They the Big West, the SWAC, the dog can finally do it.
even beat one of the men’s teams MEAC and.... all the other little
in the Time Trials. schools that never got a chance Marc Engel is a columnist from The
Notes: Berwick Test Track to get here. Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Park once was a military tank They know it, too.
manufacturing testing ground “We have to do it for every-
25th anniversary running of the Wheelmen Cup
results one,” said Smith, whose seven
Participating teams: Lamprey Systems of Be-
thlehem, Lehigh Wheelmen (Bike Line) of Allen- rebounds were part of a collec-
town, Dutch Wheelmen of Bloomsburg, Cycle-
drome of Trexlertown, Upstate Velo Club (Hi-Tech
tive effort that saw Butler out-
Flooring) of NEPA.
Team Trials (5 miler)
rebound VCU 48-32.
1st place: Upstate Velo Club (Hi-Tech Flooring) “It’s not just us. It’s all of these
of Northeastern Pennsylvania, Team #2 (Luke Lu-
kas, 16, Courtdale, John Novak, 19, Tunkhannock, mid-major programs. It would
David Novak, 17, Tunkhannock, Booey Hotten-
stein, 18, Kingston, James Pitman, 24, Milford) mean a lot for us to be able to do
11:52.78.
2nd place: Lamprey Systems of Bethlehem this for schools like us.”
(Greg Ahnert, Roland Ettle, Jeff Hetrick) 12:02.64.
3rd place: Cycledrome of Trexlertown (Steve
VCU forward Jamie Skeen,
Baumbach, Larry Detris, Jon Ruiz, Austin Dvaco)
12:31.16.
who did all he could scoring 27
42 Mile Race featuring a sprint every three miles points, was candid when he said
1st place: Hi-Tech Velo, NEPA, 90 points.
2nd place: Lehigh Wheelmen, Allentown, 62
points.
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I N B R I E F WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Texas A&M rallies past Stanford

AP PHOTO
Novak Djokovic holds his tro-
phy after defeating Rafael Na-
dal Sunday at the Sony Er-
icsson Open.
TENNIS
Djokovic beats Nadal
KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. — No-
vak Djokovic has won his fourth
consecutive tournament, beat-
ing top-ranked Rafael Nadal 4-6,
6-3, 7-6 (4) in a grueling final at
the Sony Ericsson Open.
Djokovic has won 26 consec-
utive matches since December.
His record of 24-0 in 2011 is the
The Associated Press
INDIANAPOLIS — Texas A&M’s
defense was good enough to take
down two No. 1 seeds.
They’ll find out Tuesday if it’s good
enough to win a national title.
The Aggies rallied from a 10-point
deficit in the final six minutes Sat-
urday, and Sydney Colson drove the
length of the floor and found Tyra
White for a layup with 3.3 seconds
left to give Texas A&M a 63-62 victo-
ry — and its first trip to the title
game in a thrilling finish that includ-
ed five lead changes in the final min-
ute.
After Sydney Carter stole Stan-
ford’s final pass, the Aggies leapt for
joy.
“It shows our competitiveness, our
toughness, we love each other like
sisters,” White said. “We weren’t just
happy to be here, we wanted to win.”
NBA ROUNDUP
Beat either Notre Dame or two-
time defending champ Connecticut
on Tuesday night and Texas A&M
(32-5) would leave Indianapolis with
an improbable national champion-
ship.
White scored 18 points, and All-
American Danielle Adams had 16
points to help the Aggies end Stan-
ford’s winning streak at 27 in a row.
The Cardinal (33-3) were lead by
Nnemkadi Ogwumike’s 31 points and
Jeanette Pohlen had 11, but went
home empty-handed from the Final
Four for a fourth consecutive year.
None of those games were as excit-
ing as this one, though.
A&M trailed 54-44 with 6:01 left to
go. Adams started an 8-0 run with
two free throws and Colson — who
woozily went to the bench after a
hard screen earlier in the half — final-
ly gave Texas A&M a 59-58 lead by
making two free throws with 53 sec-
onds left.
Eighteen seconds later, Adams was
called for a foul on Ogwumike. The
upset Adams got up and started run-
ning toward the Aggies bench, with
one of the referees telling her to calm
down.
Ogwumike made both shots to give
Stanford a 60-59 lead.
A&M came back with White’s layup
with 19 seconds to go, only to have
Ogwumike answer with a tough layup
with 9 seconds left that gave Stanford
a 62-61 lead.
The Aggies, without a timeout, im-
mediately got the ball to Colson, who
raced up the floor and dished to the
cutting White for the winner.
“It’s time to make history,” Colson AP PHOTO
said. “Forget that you’re tired and just Texas A&M’s Danielle Adams celebrates
push through it and I think it’s exact- her team’s 63-62 win over Stanford in
the women’s Final Four in Indianapolis.
ly what we did.”
NASCAR

Knicks clinch
best to begin a year since Ivan

Harvick
Lendl started 25-0 in 1986.
The No. 2-ranked Djokovic
was pushed to the distance by
Nadal on a sunny, 85-degree
afternoon Sunday. They played

wins with
postseason spot
for nearly 31⁄2 hours, and it was
Djokovic who looked fresher at

late charge
the finish.
He pulled a forehand winner
cross-court on the final point for
his second Key Biscayne title.
He also in 2007.
The Associated Press Spurs 114, Suns 97 The Associated Press
SKIING NEW YORK — The New SAN ANTONIO — George MARTINSVILLE, Va. — It was
York Knicks are back in the supposed to be a showdown be-
Granstrom captures playoffs, clinching their first
Hill scored 29 points and the
San Antonio Spurs stopped the tween Denny Hamlin and Jim-

slalom crown
WINTER PARK, Colo. —
Colby Granstrom broke up Tom-
my Ford’s monopoly at U.S.
championships, winning the
slalom with an excellent final
run in snowy conditions.
Julia Mancuso couldn’t add to
her career mark of 13 U.S. titles,
skiing off the course on the first
run in the women’s race Sunday.
She won the super-G and giant
slalom earlier this week.
Granstrom, of Lake Stevens,
Wash., cruised through a tech-
nical course in a combined time
of 1 minute, 42.67 seconds,
beating Ford by 1.33 seconds.
Seppi Stiegler took third on the
mushy course.
The day was still a success for
Ford. He captured the crown in
the combined, which meshes
the times from the super-G that
Ford won Saturday and the
slalom. Ford has won six nation-
al titles in the last two years.
HORSE RACING
Dialed In, Zito win
Florida Derby
HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla.
— Dialed In has won the $1
million Florida Derby, likely
cementing his status as a major
contender in the upcoming
Triple Crown season.
Dialed In made up more than
10 lengths to win, covering the
mile-and-an-eighth at Gulf-
stream Park in 1 minute, 50.07
seconds. Shackleford, a 60-1
long shot that went to the lead
early and nearly stayed there
until the end, was second with
To Honor and Serve in third.
It’s the third Florida Derby
win for trainer Nick Zito, who
also became the second to win
postseason berth since 2004
with a 123-107 victory over the 14-year career, beating Phoenix
Cleveland Cavaliers on Sunday to end a six-game losing streak.
behind 28 points from Amare
Stoudemire.
Shortly after Charlotte’s
home loss to Washington, the
Knicks snapped an 11-game
losing streak against the Cava- final glimpse of Shaquille
liers to secure their spot. They O’Neal.
are seventh in the Eastern
Conference, but closed within
11⁄2 games of the 76ers, with a
game in Philadelphia this
week.
Carmelo Anthony scored 25
points and Chauncey Billups
added 23 for New York, which
was tied with Minnesota for
the NBA’s longest playoff ab-
sence. The Knicks evened their
record at 38-38 as they try to
end an even longer drought, a
franchise-worst stretch of nine
straight losing seasons.
Nuggets 95, Lakers 90
LOS ANGELES — Danilo
Gallinari scored 22 points,
Kenyon Martin scored six of
his 18 in the final 3:24, and the
Denver Nuggets hung on for
their sixth straight win.
Kobe Bryant scored 28
points for the Lakers, who
snapped a nine-game winning
streak to fall 21⁄2 games behind Johnson and Sonny Weems
San Antonio in the Western
Conference. Los Angeles has
six games left to try and over-
take the Spurs and earn home-
court advantage throughout
the playoffs. The Lakers face
the Spurs for the fourth and
final time this season on April
12 in their next-to-last regular-
season game.
NHL ROUNDUP
longest skid of Tim Duncan’s
Celtics 101, Pistons 90
BOSTON — Kevin Garnett
scored 23 points and Boston
got a rare, brief and potentially
Paul Pierce scored 22 points
and Rajon Rondo added 14
assists for the Celtics.
Heat 108, Nets 94
NEWARK, N.J. — LeBron
James had 31 points and 11
rebounds, and Miami opened a
16-point first-quarter lead and
never looked back.
Dwyane Wade added 18
points despite a first-quarter
thigh injury and Chris Bosh
had 16 as the Heat won their
third straight and eighth in
nine games.
Raptors 102, Magic 98
TORONTO — DeMar DeRo- ragged game in which each
zan scored 24 points and Jer-
ryd Bayless had 21 top help
Toronto
streak.
snap a six-game losing Kings 106,
Leandro Barbosa added 14
points for the Raptors, James
each had 11, and Reggie Evans mento end a two-game losing
finished with 17 rebounds.
Wizards 97, Bobcats 91
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — An-
dray Blatche had 25 points and steals before fouling out in the Chris Paul shook off a minor
17 rebounds, Jordan Crawford
added 23 points and Washing-
ton made it two straight road
wins while putting a dent in
mie Johnson, the only two driv-
ers able to win at tricky Martins-
ville Speedway of late.
Instead, the end of Sunday’s
race became a battle among the
unexpected.
First it was Kyle Busch, a mas-
ter at seemingly every short track
except this one, in the lead. Then,
with a bump to
get to the front
came Dale
Earnhardt Jr.,
loser of 99 con-
secutive races.
But closing
AP PHOTO quickly was Ke-
The Cleveland Cavaliers’ J.J. Hickson shoots over the New York vin Harvick, Harvick
Knicks’ Jared Jeffries during the second half of Sunday’s NBA driving for a Ri-
game at Madison Square Garden in New York. The Knicks won,
chard Childress Racing team that
123-107.
hadn’t won at Martinsville since
1995.
Charlotte’s postseason hopes. Rockets 114, Rockets 109 The race went to Harvick for
After a 1-35 start away from the second consecutive week in
HOUSTON — Kevin Martin
home that threatened to match scored 35 points and Luis another come-from-nowhere vic-
an NBA record for futility, the tory. He passed Earnhardt with
Scola added 12 of his 15 in the
Wizards followed a victory at four laps remaining, and knew
second half to lead the Hous-
Utah last week by building a ton Rockets to their seventh denying NASCAR’s most popular
19-point third-quarter lead in a straight home win. driver the win might not have
Scola made a jumper from been, well, popular.
team dressed only nine players. the top of the key with 1:32
remaining to make it 107-104.
“As I was catching him, I’m
like, ’Man, I’m going to be the bad
Jazz 97
He buried another one from
the same spot about a minute
guy here,”’ Harvick said. “I’ve got
to do what I’ve got to do. I know
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — later to stretch the lead to the fans want to see him win. I
Tyreke Evans had 24 points 109-105. Houston made five want to see him win. It would be
and 10 assists to help Sacra- free throws after that to secure great for the sport and I think to-
the win. day went a long ways to showing
streak. how competitive (Earnhardt)
Rookie DeMarcus Cousins Hornets 108, Pacers 96 can be and that’s what we need.
added 17 points, nine re- NEW ORLEANS — Trevor We all need him to win.
bounds, six assists and five Ariza scored 19 points and “But I’m not going to back
down.”
game’s final minute for the knee injury with 18 points and Earnhardt settled for second
Kings. Francisco Garcia had 17 eight assists to lead the New and still has not won since Michi-
points and Marcus Thornton Orleans Hornets to a win over gan in June 2008, his first season
scored 15. the Indiana Pacers. with Hendrick Motorsports. But
he’s running much better this sea-
son, and Sunday pushed him to
eighth in the standings, the high-
est he’s been since Texas this

Rangers top Flyers on Wolski’s shootout goal

Gulfstream’s biggest race in
back-to-back years.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Texas unveils
‘Longhorn Network’
AUSTIN, Texas — The Uni-
versity of Texas unveiled the
name of its new television net-
work Sunday, keeping it simple
by calling the channel the Long-
horn Network, or LHN.
Texas struck a 20-year, $300
million deal with ESPN to cre-
ate the network, which is sched-
uled to launch in August. It had
been nicknamed the “Longhorn
Network” when first announced
and officials agreed the name
best captured the brand of the
university.
Texas and ESPN have yet to
sign a deal with cable or satel-
lite distributors. Sunday’s an-
nouncement was supposed to
include a short promotional
video for reporters, but it didn’t
work.
The Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA — Wojtek
Wolski’s shootout goal lifted the
New York Rangers to a 3-2
victory over the Philadelphia
Flyers on Sunday.
Wolski’s goal came in the
second round of the shootout
after Erik Christensen had
scored for New York in the first.
Rangers goalie Henrik Lundq-
vist stopped Nikolay Zherdev
and Claude Giroux on the
Flyers’ shootout chances.
The Rangers picked up two
points to remain in eighth place
in the Eastern Conference
playoff race. New York leads
ninth-place Carolina by two
points and trails seventh-place
Buffalo by one. All three teams
have three games left.
Bryan McCabe and Ruslan
Fedotenko scored for the Rang-
ers in regulation and James Van
Riemsdyk and Zherdev had the
Flyers’ goals.
The Atlantic Division-leading
Flyers pulled even with the
Washington Capitals atop the
Eastern Conference.
Sabres 2, Hurricanes 1
RALEIGH, N.C. — Marc-
Andre Gragnani scored 2:56
into overtime to lift Buffalo
over Carolina.
Chris Butler also scored and
Jhonas Enroth made 35 saves
for the Sabres, who won a tense
matchup with a postseason feel
— and plenty of playoff implica-
tions.
Buffalo, which has 90 points,
kept hold of seventh place in
the Eastern Conference and put
the Hurricanes’ playoff hopes in
peril.
Flames 2, Avalanche 1
DENVER — Miikka Kipru-
soff stopped 34 shots, Alex
Tanguay had a goal and an
assist, and the Calgary Flames
boosted their postseason chanc-
es with a win over the Colorado
Avalanche.
Red Wings 4, Wild 2
DETROIT — Nicklas Lid-
strom scored and Jimmy Ho-
ward made 27 saves, helping
Detroit beat Minnesota and
clinch the Central Division title.
Darren Helm, Tomas Holm-
strom and Johan Franzen also
scored for the Red Wings.
Detroit has won nine division
titles in 10 seasons and 14 since
the 1991-92 season when Lid-
strom was a rookie.
Blues 6,
Blue Jackets 1
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Patrik
Berglund scored twice and
Jaroslav Halak had 23 saves to
lead St. Louis over Columbus.
Chris Porter, Andy McDo-
nald, Alexander Steen and
Carlo Colaiacovo also had
goals, with Chris Stewart, Matt
D’Agostini and Vladimir Subot-
ka each adding two assists for
the Blues, who have earned
points in five of six games.
Lightning 2,
Blackhawks 0
CHICAGO — Backup Mike
Smith made 31 saves for his first
shutout in more than a year, and
Vincent Lecavalier scored a
power-play goal in the first
period before leaving with an
injury in Tampa Bay’s win over
Chicago.
Stars 4, Ducks 3
ANAHEIM, Calif — Mike
Ribeiro scored twice and the
Dallas Stars helped their playoff
hopes with a victory over the
Anaheim Ducks.
time last year.
“I am frustrated. I got close,”
Earnhardt said. “I ain’t won in a
long time. I was thinking at the
end I was meant to win the damn
race.”
Busch was third. And the favor-
ites? Well, they were nowhere
near the leaders during the ac-
tion-packed final 20 laps.
Hamlin and Johnson had com-
bined to win the last nine races at
Martinsville, and ran most of the
day as if one of them would again
make the trip to Victory Lane.
Both failed to finish inside the
top 10.
Johnson was flagged for speed-
ing on pit road late, finished 11th,
and was irritated with NASCAR
over what he thought was a bo-
gus penalty.
“I wasn’t speeding,” he insist-
ed. “They didn’t like how it
looked, the way I managed my
timing lines. There is just no way.
It won’t do me any good to have a
conversation (with NASCAR), it
isn’t going to matter.”
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39° 40° 45° 45° 52/31 78/54 shine this after-
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70/46 76/47
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