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Residentshavetotravel upCoal
Street andover theArchBridgeto
Lee Street to get to andfromtheir
homes. Yudichak said the in-
creased traffic on the Arch Bridge
is also a concern for municipal of-
ficials and PennDOT.
Andy Reilly, Luzerne County
director of Community Develop-
ment, said the county does have
some block grant money that was
not used and must be spent by
Oct. 31or lost. He said the bridge
project might not qualify for that
funding because of the Oct. 31
deadline.
We are willing to discuss it,
Reilly said. But Imskeptical that
project could be done within the
time frame we have.
Hesaidif thecountygrant mon-
eycant be used, there maybe oth-
er revenue sources to pursue.
We will do everything we can
to assist in finding a local share,
Reilly said.
Joe Mazur, Plymouth Borough
manager, said the borough is will-
ingtodowhatever it takes toget
the funding and repair or replace
the bridge.
Yudichak said he has also been
working with various agencies on
a Growing Greener Plus applica-
tion for funding of a Coal Creek
Stream Restoration and Flood
Protection Project. The Luzerne
Conservation District submitted
that application last week, Yudi-
chak said.
Letters of support for the appli-
cation have come from U.S. Sen.
Robert Casey, U.S. Sen. Pat Too-
mey, U.S. Rep. Lou Barletta, and
state Rep. Gerald Mullery.
If the application is approved,
the project would help reduce the
risk of any future flash flooding in
the area, Yudichak said.
The Pennsylvania American
Water Co. has been working in
Coal Creek to cover an exposed
36-inchwater mainline. Yudichak
said work is nearing completion.
Once its finished, work can begin
on restoring Coal Street, which
was ripped up by the raging flood
waters.
BRIDGE
Continued from Page 3A
Bill OBoyle, a Times Leader staff
writer, may be reached at 829-7218.
Scranton Rescue Mission.
We are hoping to gain addi-
tional awareness in the Valley
andbeyondof the project, Garri-
gan said. We are in need of addi-
tional supplies to be donated and
want to let the public know how
they can help.
Garrigan said the sleeping
bags will be waterproofed and
stuffed with Bibles, toiletries and
other items. Rutter said the mis-
sion will assume many services
that were lost to the homeless
community when REACH Inc.
closed July 1.
Starting Sept. 12, we will be
offering showers, mail service
and other services to the home-
less, Rutter said. We will have a
drop-in center, this wont be a
place where they can hang out
and watch TV all day. We will
help them connect with other
agencies for services they need.
Rutter said eight men are stay-
ing at the mission six of them
enrolled in what Rutter calls the
life changingprogram, whichis
a one-year discipleship program
that includes Bible study, educa-
tional classes andanexercise pro-
gram. Rutter saidprogrampartic-
ipants are given shelter and
meals and on weekends Friday
throughSunday anyone inneed
is served an evening meal. Rutter
said 30 to 40 people usually at-
tend the servings.
Garrigan said the Wyoming
Valley Rescue Mission serves as
the main donation spot for mate-
rials for the sleeping bags. People
can drop off donations Monday
through Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
A group of volunteers met
Monday night in Mountain Top
to make more bags, she said.
There is a great need for these
sleeping bags, Garrigan said.
We want to get as many made as
possible with winter just around
the corner.
MISSION
Continued from Page 3A
Items sought for The Sleeping Bag
Project include bed spreads, blan-
kets, bed sheets, comforters, mat-
tress covers, pillow cases, old sleep-
ing bags, quilt batting and mis-
cellaneous fabric. Stains or tears
are not a problem as long as the
items are clean. Mens neckties,
belts and bias tape also are needed.
Volunteers are needed to help
make the sleeping bags. Sewing
skills are not required.
Donations of winter hats, gloves,
scarves, long underwear, wool
socks, hotel-size toiletries (soap,
shampoo, deodorant, toothpaste,
lotion), toothbrushes, flashlights,
safety pins and sewing kits are also
needed.
To donate, e-mail gail@unityby-
music.org or crgarrigan@ya-
hoo.com. They will arrange for the
items to be picked up.
Monetary donations may be
mailed payable to Making A Differ-
ence Ministries/Unity By Music, c/o
Director Stephen L. Perillo, P.O. Box
2299, Wilkes-Barre, PA18703.
Donors can drop off needed items
at Wyoming Valley Rescue Mission,
290 Parkview Circle (off of Coal
Street), Wilkes-Barre, or call 270-
6677.
For more information, visit
www.thesleepingbagproject.org or
The Sleeping Bag Project NEPA on
Facebook.com.
H O W YO U C A N H E L P
drinking and driving without a li-
cense.
An adjudication hearing is
scheduled on Wednesday before
juvenilecourt JudgeDavidW. Lu-
pas.
Rushinski, Klecha, Galante
and Lauren Fredmund could not
be reached for comment on Mon-
day. The citations against Rush-
inski, Klecha and Galante were
filed with District Judge Paul Ro-
berts in Kingston on Friday.
Lauren Fredmund was cited
with purchase and consumption
of alcohol as a minor. Her charge
was filed with District Judge Ro-
nald Swank in Wright Township
on Thursday.
According to the criminal com-
plaint:
Police responded to a car crash
on Lake Road at about 2 a.m. July
18 and found Madry had been
partially ejectedfromthe vehicle.
There were no other people at
the scene.
Police later learned there were
six juveniles at the party, includ-
ing Adam Fredmund, Lauren
Fredmund and Madry.
Afemale juvenile not named in
the criminal complaint allegedly
told authorities she and Galante
set up the purchase of alcohol
through Rushinski.
Rushinski delivered the alco-
hol to the juvenile and Lauren
Fredmund in a parking lot in Lu-
zerne. Rushinski had earlier been
paid $35 to buy the alcohol, the
complaint says.
Rushinski is scheduled for a
preliminary hearing on Sept. 21
before Roberts.
A summary hearing will be
scheduled for Lauren Fredmund,
Galante and Klecha if they plead
not guilty to the citations.
MADRY
Continued from Page 1A
Edward Lewis, a Times Leader staff
writer, may be reached at 829-7196.
His advantage over the other
candidates, Santorum said, is
his conservative record and his
accomplishments.
No ones been able to ac-
complish in Washington on na-
tional security, on fiscal issues,
ontaxissues, onmoral cultural
issues, no ones been able to
make the accomplishments
that I have and comes from a
conservative camp. You look
at their record and theyve nev-
er accomplished anything. Ive
proven that Ive been a consis-
tent conservative, he said.
After losingthe 2006 general
electiontoU.S. Sen. BobCasey
Jr., Santorum started a media
company and spent time writ-
ing and on the radio. I feel like
Ive been out of the beltway
and can come back with the
perspective of having worked in
theprivatesector andapplysome
of those principles to Washing-
ton, he said.
Santorum said Pennsylvania
will be animportant state for him
politically and financially.
On the political side, he said
theres no way a Democrat will
win the presidency without car-
rying Pennsylvania.
I think I can say this without
question that if Im the nominee
and I win Pennsylvania in the
general election, Ill be president
of the United States, period, he
said.
Santorum said hes been able
to raise a lot of money here in the
past, and hes counting on that
support again in his bid for the
GOP nod.
Now that weve shown that
weve got some real footing and
that this is a viable campaign and
one that I believe will be success-
ful, we can come back to the peo-
ple in Pennsylvania and talk
about how they can get in-
volved, he said.
Santorum said that when it
comes to debates, hes confident
that he is the clear winner among
Republican candidates.
No one walks out of that room
with more support than I do.
There maybe others whoget sup-
port, but we do very, very well
when everybody gets a chance to
look at all the candidates and see
what the message is, see who the
messenger is, see what Ive been
able to accomplish in the past
and what my vision is for the fu-
ture, he said.
But he acknowledged that win-
ning the primary election comes
down to money.
As a candidate, we match up
well against anybody and we can
win. The problem is that, you
know, we havent been in the
horse race game. The horse race
game tends to look at one thing
money. And if you have money,
then youre a viable candidate; if
youdont have money, youre not.
And right now, we dont, Santo-
rum said.
SANTORUM
Continued from Page 3A
READING Residents in
one eastern Pennsylvania com-
munity are having a remote
mystery.
Remote controls stopped
working for no apparent reason
in Ontelaunee Townships Wil-
low Glen neighborhood. Now
theyre working again, so resi-
dents are happy but no less con-
fused.
Two to three weeks ago, I
had to be 6 inches from my ga-
rage door to openit (withthe re-
mote), said Randy Wails, a
neighborhood resident. Now I
can open it from a block away.
The Reading Eagle reported
that at least 10 residents, using
different brands and models,
said their garage door openers
stopped working in July.
John Rohrbach of The Over-
head Door Co. of Reading said
remotes can stop working when
radio waves interfere with the
signal but not on such a large
scale.
Weve had pockets in some
developments where weve had
issues like this, but its usually
one or two houses, he said.
Whatever was doing it was
pretty strong.
Township supervisor William
Klein said officials have been
asking around about what could
have causedthe interference. So
far, nothings turned up.
Remote controls mysteriously
malfunction in small Pa. town
The Associated Press
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NEW ORLEANS The Gulf
Coast mixed somber ceremonies
with NewOrleans signature flair
to mark the sixth anniversary of
Hurricane Katrina and honor
those killed during the cata-
strophic storm that drowned
much of the regions dominant
cityanddevastatedcoastal towns
in Mississippi, Alabama and
Louisiana.
Monday marked the passage of
sixdifficult years of rebuildingfor
the region, which is showing
signs of a strong recovery from
the costliest natural disaster in
U.S. history.
The storm killed more than
1,800 people, a majority of them
in New Orleans, where water fil-
ledthe city after levees andflood-
walls built by the Army Corps of
Engineers failed.
Despite the hardships, many
residents were upbeat.
Were coming back, one house
at a time, just like the community
was built so many years ago,
said Ronald Lewis, 60, who lives
in New Orleans Lower 9th Ward
andruns a Mardi Gras Indianmu-
seum called the House of Dance
and Feathers. He was one of the
first residents to build back after
Katrina.
To commemorate those lost in
Katrina, Lewis and his Original
Big 9 Social Aid and Pleasure
Club marched a second-line (a
special brass-band parade) down
one of the only streets rebuilt in
theneighborhoods worst-hit area
and hung a newwreath on an oak
tree for one members mother
andniece killedinthe storm. The
wreath changing has become a
yearly ritual for the anniversary.
It wasnt an altogether sad
event, with people coming out of
their homes to dance to the mu-
sic and greet friends.
Also Monday, New Orleans
Mayor Mitch Landrieu and his
sister, U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu,
D-La., joined hundreds of people
for a walk to the top of a bridge in
the Lower 9th Ward where a bou-
quet of flowers was tossed into
the Industrial Canal.
The floodwalls along the canal
burst open during Katrina and
led to deadly flooding.
Similar events were held else-
where on the Gulf Coast. In Bi-
loxi, Miss., the names of storm
victims were read aloud as about
100 people gathered in prayer at
the Katrina Memorial site on the
Town Green.
At the University of New Or-
leans, the commemoration was
more academic thanemotional at
a symposium to discuss a new
book on the recovery by the
Brookings Institution and the
nonprofit Greater New Orleans
Community Data Center. The
meeting focused on government
and civic improvements driven
by a populace thats more en-
gaged since the catastrophe.
The region is well positioned
to be a model of rebirth as long as
it doesnt let this early progress
slip, said Amy Liu, of the Brook-
ings Institution, and an editor of
the book Resiliency and Oppor-
tunity.
Thereforms inNewOrleans in-
clude the creation and funding of
an inspector generals office to
oversee city contracting and an
independent police monitor to
help reform a scandal-plagued
police department; a complete
overhaul of the education system
and a proliferation of independ-
ently run charter schools; and an
evacuationsystemthat takes into
account the needs of those with-
out cars or easy access to trans-
portation.
Panelists said Katrina provid-
ed an emotional impetus that al-
lowed reform efforts to gain trac-
tion.
Theres about a one-letter dif-
ference between an engaged citi-
zenry and an enraged citizenry,
said Tulane Universitys David A.
Marcello, author of a chapter on
ethics. And rage unquestionably
fueled a considerable amount of
the reform impulse and the en-
gagement that came after Katri-
na.
You cant sustain rage or en-
gagement indefinitely, Marcelo
added. You have to use those
moments to create systems that
will endure.
Despite other troubles that
have beset the region, suchas last
years oil spill, it looks like the
Gulf Coast is on the mend.
Mississippi Gov. Haley Bar-
bour said that six years ago it
looked like the hand of God had
wiped away the coast. Today, he
continued, visitors to the Missis-
sippi coast cant tell anything ev-
er happened because its been re-
built.
Naysayers predicted our citys
best days wereover. Weknewbet-
ter, said U.S. Rep. Cedric Rich-
mond, D-New Orleans.
Still, residents and politicians
alike acknowledged theres a lot
left to do.
President Barack Obama
promised to help the region
come backstronger thanbefore
while praising the grit and de-
termination of the Gulf Coasts
residents.
He said his administration
helped the recovery along by cut-
ting red tape to free up recovery
money and broke through gri-
dlock to help thousands of dis-
placed families find homes.
Still, its not as rosy in many
neighborhoods like the Lower
9th Ward where the recovery has
been very slow. The neighbor-
hood has lost about 14,000 resi-
dents.
Its pretty slow, said Henry
Holmes, the 77-year-old owner of
Eatin At Holmes, a restaurant he
ran before Katrina.
Without floodinsurance for his
business, he saidhe hadspent his
savings to get his restaurant reo-
pened. Unless it picks up, Ill
have to close in five, six months.
Despite the hopeful tone of
many of Mondays events, statis-
tics released Sunday by Brook-
ings point to numerous long-
standing problems laid bare and
exacerbated by Katrina, includ-
ing high poverty, unaffordable
housing and racial inequities.
And some in the city question
the reforms touted by city lead-
ers.
Mayor Landrieu addressed
some of the prickly issues at the
symposium. Post-Katrina school
changes, he said, have resulted in
increased test scores and a nar-
rowing of the gap in performance
between blacks and whites.
And he touted his administra-
tions opening of local healthclin-
ics around the city.
Collectively, we as a people
have found a way to begin major
systemic change, he said.
Recovery of New Orleans and the Gulf Coast since 2005 hurricane
has been impressive, many say, but much still needs to be done
Katrina anniversary shows Gulf on the mend
By CAIN BURDEAU
and KEVIN McGILL
Associated Press
AP PHOTO
Caryan Hurst, 2, walks with an umbrella Monday during a parade commemorating the sixth anni-
versary of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans.
AP PHOTO
People march in the Lower 9th Ward on Monday to commemorate
the sixth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans.
The fact that Kings continues to
break admission records during a
time of economic uncertainty is
a testament to the efforts of the
entire college community.
The Rev. John Ryan
Entering his first fall semester since being named Kings College
president, Ryan recently lauded the Wilkes-Barre institutions reputation
as a chief reason for its anticipated record enrollment: 2,025 full-time
students.
Writer amazed by drivers
who disregard roadblocks
A
s my wife and I looked out our window
during the height of Hurricane Irene to
the very obvious roadblock in front of
Liberty Hills, blocking travel on East St.
Marys Road traveling toward Ashley, we
witnessed an amazing sight.
Car after car (six by our count in a 5-
minute period) swerved around the road-
block, actually traveling on the shoulder of
the opposing lane, only to return a minute
later when it become apparent to the driv-
er that the road really was closed.
We pondered this sight and wondered
what these drivers were thinking. Perhaps
they thought the roadblock was only for
the faintest of souls or perhaps their luxury
SUVs could surely traverse a pesky flooded
road.
How many times did we hear over the
past 72 hours, not to mention during every
flooding event in the past not to drive on
flooded roads and to be prepared for pos-
sible road closures? The arrogance of these
drivers only proves that these types of
messages do little to influence someone
who thinks the rules do not apply to them.
Why would Hanover Township even think
of putting up a roadblock if the road were
not actually closed?
These are the types of accidents in
which the lives of the first responders are
put at risk because a driver does not un-
derstand the significance of a road block-
ade. You always think it only happens to
someone else, but here is a simple truth:
that someone else could be you.
David Pekala
Hanover Township
Voters should demand
transparency from panel
B
eware of the deficit-reduction super
committee. These 12 members of
Congress will be under intense pres-
sure from lobbyists as they engineer the
future of America.
Will you be represented? Will Northeast-
ern Pennsylvania be represented? Will the
people have a seat at the table? Probably
not, unless you have hired one of these
powerful lobbyists.
Will these six Republicans and six Dem-
ocrats use this super panel as a super fun-
draising opportunity? Historically, the
answer is yes.
For the sake of our democracy, we must
demand from our elected representatives
that they support complete transparency
and a ban on all political fundraising from
the members of the super panel while
deliberating this process.
Roxanne Pauline
Coordinator, Northeast Pennsylvania Area
Labor Federation
Taylor
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KEN BURNS talks too fast.
Must be because hes
learned so much about his
latest exploration of history
that he wants to make sure
you hear enough to get as
excited about it as he is.
Burns recently was introduced to a
packed-house Dallas crowd as the patron
saint of all history buffs. And its hard to
argue with that description.
Burns 1990 epic documentary series The
Civil War breathed incredible life into chap-
ters of the past we all assumed we knew
and he did it through still photographs,
talking-head interviews and the reading of
letters crafted more than a century earlier.
Burns and his teams also have produced
programs about baseball and jazz, Thomas
Jefferson and Huey Long, explorers Lewis
and Clark and womens-rights pioneers
Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Antho-
ny.
He explores history through the lives of
the sometimes-ordinary, sometimes-extraor-
dinary people who made it and shows who
they are but also how they are us. Their
struggles are like our own, and the lessons
of their times can guide us still.
Burns says his latest work could be about
American society today: Single-issue politics
yielding horrible unintended consequences.
Demonization of recent immigrants. Un-
funded congressional mandates. Smear
campaigns during presidential elections.
Not to mention a whole people who felt
they had lost control of their country and
were desperate to take it back.
Sounds like America at this moment, he
told an audience at the Belo Mansion event
co-sponsored by the Dallas Bar Association
and the World Affairs Council of Dallas/Fort
Worth.
But it also describes America during
Prohibition, that era during which the 18th
Amendment to the U.S. Constitution made
it illegal to make, sell or transport liquor.
Beyond the images of gangsters, flappers
and speakeasies that most of us associate
with that time lies an extraordinary story
about how support for the amendment came
together and then fell apart, Burns said.
Titles of the series three parts tell it suc-
cinctly: A Nation of Drunkards, A Nation
of Scofflaws and A Nation of Hypocrites.
Before Prohibition, Americans were sots,
drinking an average of 90 bottles of whiskey
per person per year, Burns said. The Anti-
Saloon League fervently campaigned to
counter the scourge of alcohol on families.
And they succeeded.
The series explores the intensity with
which Mabel Walker Willebrandt, the first
female assistant U.S. attorney general, en-
forced the anti-liquor law and the way in
which Prohibition turned neighborhood
thugs into powerful mobsters.
The film, which is scheduled to air Oct.
2-4 on PBS, also looks at the wet-dry debate
during the 1928 presidential election, in
which Democratic nominee Al Smith was
slandered as a drunk and his Catholic faith
was used to scare voters.
The story includes tax policy, corruption,
strange bedfellows, class disparities, pro-
gressives and conservatives, the evolution of
women in American society and overriding
questions about the role of government in
peoples lives. To hear Burns tell it, it is also
about zealotry, rigidity, short-sightedness
and resilience.
It could be viewed as a painful cautionary
tale or optimistically as an example of
when the democratic system worked, he
said.
The states ratified the 18th Amendment
in 1919, 13 months after Congress passed it.
But by 1933, voters were ready to be done
with it. The 21st Amendment, which re-
pealed the 18th, was ratified in less than 10
months.
The United States was the first govern-
ment on Earth to say we will trust the peo-
ple to govern themselves, Burns said.
Sometimes they dont know best ... then
they get it corrected.
Linda P. Campbell is a columnist and editorial
writer for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Readers
may write to her at 400 W. 7th St., Fort Worth,
Texas 76102, or via email at lcampbell@star-tele-
gram.com.
Lessons from Prohibition era can serve country today
COMMENTARY
L I N D A P . C A M P B E L L
P
RESSURE WORKS,
and not just in extract-
ing natural gas from
shale.
One fairly effective argument
opponents of hydraulic fractur-
ing, or fracking, have rolled out
is tospeculate about the amount
of chemicals used in the process
and the impact they are having
on the environment.
Their argument has been
made even more effective be-
cause of the mystery surround-
ing the chemicals being used.
Companies have resisted dis-
closing their exact recipes for
competitive reasons.
The resulting pressure ap-
pears to have gotten to the drill-
ing industry.
The Associated Press reports
that at a recent conference pre-
sented by the Colorado Oil and
Gas Association, Halliburton
Co. CEO Dave Lesar talked
about addressing public con-
cernsabout hydraulicfracturing.
To that end, Halliburton has
developed a new fracking fluid,
which is undergoing field tests,
made from materials derived
from the food industry. To drive
the safety point home, he called
up another company executive
andaskedhimtotakeasipof the
fluid, which he did. (When con-
tactedbyTheAPandaskedhow
that executive is doing now, or
whoheis, thecompanydidnt re-
spond.)
One sip is not the equivalent
of thousands of gallons of fluid
being pumped into the ground.
In this case, scale does matter.
More field tests and further
study are needed.
Still, if Halliburton is moving
in this direction, other compa-
nies are, too.
They would not be doing this
if the public had not been apply-
ing enormous pressure on them
to do so. Keep it up.
Beaver County Times
OTHER OPINION: FRACKING
Keep pressure on
drilling industry
O
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tions as you. Will I be liked? Do
I have the smarts to succeed?
Can I do this?
Soon, you get familiar with
the foreign places (the play-
ground, the classroom, the
cafeteria) andthe newroutines
(the bus pick-ups, the bells, sin-
gle-file, no running, raise your
hand). You memorize the
schedules. You pass tests. You
speak up. Faster than you real-
ize, you befriend many people
and maybe find a fewnot much
to your liking. Later, you re-
evaluate and realize some who
you thought you didnt care to
get to know, you really do. And
vice versa.
You learn a lot about colors
and shapes, numbers and
words, politics and people, es-
pecially yourself. You change a
bit along the way. Youhave bad
days and great ones.
Eventually, you figure out
something wonderful: Youve
been out in the big world and
begun to understand it. You
will be OK.
Many years later, maybe on
the day that you graduate from
high school or enter a col-
lege, or start a job, or move to a
different city, or remake your
career, or redefine your life or
finally retire the cycle re-
peats. You again journey into
thebig, wideworld, wondering
if you will be OK.
You quickly discover that
you are not alone
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N E W S
man.
In the Harding section of Exe-
ter Township, Santa Maria
Niedzwiecki spent her sunny
Monday afternoon removing the
locust tree branches that blanket-
ed her front yard. A large limb
crackedoff Sunday, ripping down
a utility pole and transformer on
Route 92.
New utility poles were in-
stalled, but power had not been
restored as of late Monday after-
noon.
The locust tree was there be-
fore the home was built in the
1950s, said Niedzwiecki, who has
lived there since 1985. A contrac-
tor was scheduled to remove it.
Its sad to see the tree go.
Thankfully, no one was hurt and
it went away from the house,
Niedzwiecki said.
She felt bad that her tree was
causing a disruption along the
stretch and was touched that
neighbors came to her yard to
help cut the tree into smaller
pieces and pile up branches.
Theyre so kind to give their
time. It just shows people are
willing to help in time of need.
Another section of Route 93,
like many area highways, was
limited to one lane as utility
crews removeddownedtrees and
repaired utility lines.
A sign at the Exeter Township
municipal building near Niedz-
wieckis property issued a brief
alert toresidents: Needdrinking
water go to Mt. ZionFire House.
Hard-hit Back Mountain
Water buffaloes were set up in
various locations throughout the
region. Residents of the hard-hit
Back Mountain have access to
water at the Jackson Township
municipal building on Huntsville
Road and the Lehman Township
Fire Hall on Firehouse Road.
Jackson Township Supervisor
John Wilkes Jr. said the water is
undrinkable but may be used for
flushingtoilets, cleaningandoth-
er uses. Water safe for drinking
should be available today, he
said.
The Back Mountain Emergen-
cy Operating Center set up a
command center at the Dallas
Fire and Ambulance headquar-
ters on East Center Hill Road in
Dallas, Monday morning. Resi-
dents were invited to come there
for food, beverages and cleaning
kits. The center will open again
at noon today to provide these
items.
Harveys Lake residents Char-
lotte Williams, Amy Williams
and Heather Hules set up an
emergency center at the Harveys
Lake Municipal Building, provid-
ing food, beverages, water and a
20-pound bag of ice for each
home. The American Red Cross
provided cots.
Harveys Lake Mayor Clarence
Hogan said someone will be at
the borough building at all times
to try to help in any way they can.
Stores in the area had run out
of drinking water, the women at
the borough building said.
Harveys Lake resident Bernard
Walter assessed the damage to
his property Monday, reporting
that 13 mature trees on his Lake-
side Drive property spruces,
pines and maples had toppled.
Walter had been securing his
boat early Sunday morning when
he heard the first tree cracking.
The others followed, one by one,
throughout the day.
Insurance will provide little
coverage for tree removal, he
said. He was saddenedbythe loss
of trees that have been there for
decades. Its just a lot of natural
legacy thats been lost in this
storm, he said.
His property is in a section of
the lake known as Point Breeze.
It definitely fulfilled that
name, he said.
Fred Ebbecke, owner of Preci-
sion Tree Removal, stopped by
the Walter residence Monday
morning to provide an estimate
to remove the debris.
Ebbecke said he was focusing
first on tree removals that were
creating a dangerous condi-
tion.
Were swamped, he said.
Working on downed trees
Chris Myers, of Chriss Tree
Service in Mountain Top, was
working with his crew at 665
Charles Lane in Kingston on
Monday morning, chopping up a
60-foot-high maple that had up-
rooted and crashed onto a home.
Calls started pouring into his
business around 3 p.m. Sunday
afternoon. Like Ebbecke, he was
concentrating first on safety haz-
ards. I have 26 customers wait-
ing, Myers said.
He appreciated the business,
but felt sorry for his customers.
Myers expected tree loss when
he saw the weather predictions.
I knewwedget some damage,
but nothing like this.
Bob and Sandy Williams, own-
ers of the Charles Lane property,
were working on temporary re-
pairs to their structure after the
tree was removed.
Fortunately, there were no in-
juries. Property and contents can
be replaced, Bob Williams said.
In Exeter, Bill Whyte loaded
branches and limbs fromhis Exe-
ter Avenue property into a bor-
rowed dump truck.
A tree limb broke off and land-
edonthepower lineinfront of his
home, knocking out power
around5 a.m. Sunday. Power was
restored around 1:30 p.m. Sun-
day.
He used a chainsaw to cut the
wood into manageable sections,
sweat pouring fromhis forehead.
What are you going to do? Its
Mother Nature, he said.
Fallen trees and branches lit-
tered many area parks and ceme-
teries, including the Hollenback
Cemetery in Wilkes-Barre.
Several residents in Noxen
Township, Wyoming County,
were busy pumping out their
basements Mondayafternoon. At
least two roads hadwashedaway,
and residents had no power.
Bertha Ely, who has lived in a
double-block on Stull Road since
1962, said the Hettis Run creek
overflowed. The same flooding
occurredin2006, but shesaidshe
never hadfloodingonher proper-
ty before that.
Ely had basement pumps on
both sides of the property, but
they stopped working when the
power went out. She watched
helpless as the water filled her
basement. It stopped at her
ground-level kitchen door.
Her grandsons friend loaned
her a generator Monday.
Weve been pumping water
out of the basement the last five
hours, she said.
Ely worried how shell scrape
together money for damages.
She resisted the temptation to
open her freezer, hoping the food
would keep until power was re-
stored. Ima widowona fixedin-
come. I dont know what Im go-
ing to do, Ely said.
Tunkhannock resident Brian
Murphy owns two properties in
the township, a rental unit and a
house occupied by his mother.
The basement of the rental unit
on Stull Road was filled with wa-
ter. A tree fell on the porch of his
mothers house.
Murphy tried to bring a gener-
ator to his tenants Sunday, but
couldnt get through on two at-
tempts because of road closures
betweenhis home andNoxen. He
delivered the generator Monday
morning and believes govern-
ment officials must dosomething
to clear out Hettis Run so it wont
flood again.
Corbett weighs in
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Cor-
bett held a press conference in
Wyoming County on Monday
near Mehoopany, to discuss dam-
age he observed in a flyover.
I am amazed at what water
can do to concrete and to asphalt
and to the bridges we have, and
its done quite a job here, Cor-
bett says.
The state was first concentrat-
ing on reaching residents in iso-
lated areas cut off by hurricane
damage, Corbett said. He praised
volunteers, saying they provided
90 percent of the assistance to
state residents.
Sarah Hite, a Times Leader
staff writer, contributed to this
report.
AIMEE DILGER/THE TIMES LEADER
James Gust watches water run past his Stall Road residence in
Noxen Township on Monday after Irene assaulted the area.
DON CAREY/THE TIMES LEADER
A large tree downed by heavy winds and rain rests against a
house at 665 Charles Lane In Kingston on Sunday.
AIMEE DILGER/THE TIMES LEADER
Alex Doyle rests on his aunts sunken boat on Monday while Gene Burge and family try to free the
sunken motor boat that took on too much water on Harveys Lake during Sundays storm.
MESS
Continued from Page 1A
SCHOOLS AFFECTED
Two area school districts have
made scheduling changes due
to problems associated with
Hurricane Irene.
The Lake-Lehman School
District has postponed the
start of school, which was
scheduled to begin Monday,
until Sept. 6, High School
Principal Doug Klopp said.
The Dallas School District has
postponed the dedication of
the new high school, which was
supposed to take place Monday
at 6 p.m., until Sept. 11 at 2 p.m.,
Superintendent Frank Galicki
said.
Klopp said Lake-Lehman opted
to postpone the start of school
because many communities
within the district are still
dealing with downed trees,
water damage to homes and
the loss of electricity.
Because of the storm we dont
have the ability to get students
in. People are still without
electricity and a lot of homes
have water, Klopp said.
Galicki said Dallas postponed
the new school dedication out
of concern that some residents
who would like to attend would
not be able to because they are
dealing with storm-related
damage to their homes and
roadways
U.S. Rep. Lou Barletta spent
Monday touring portions of his
congressional district and said
he noticed Luzerne County
fared much better than some
neighboring counties.
He alsosaidhe was awestruck
by the different levels of damage
Hurricane Irene brought to the
region Sunday.
Barletta, R-Hazleton, said the
disparity of devastation from
onecountytothenext, onecom-
munity to the next, was stark.
As I was traveling around,
you had some who were breath-
ing a sigh of relief and others
whose life will never be the
same, Barletta said during a
stop at the Luzerne County
Emergency Management Agen-
cy in Wilkes-Barre.
At several stops earlier Mon-
day in Monroe County, he said
he heard about a man who was
killedinPoconoTownshipwhen
a tree fell on him. Just seconds
earlier, the man had pushed his
son out of the the toppling trees
path.
He also heard about a Pocono
Township woman who was
home typing on her computer
when a tree fell on her house,
landing on the rafters just above
where she sat.
He stood along the Delaware
River in Shawnee-On-Delaware
and saw the river out of its
banks inundating the sur-
rounding properties.
Things were so bad in Lu-
zerne Countys eastern neigh-
bor that Barletta wrote to Presi-
dent Barack Obama urging him
to free up federal funds for clea-
nup efforts in Monroe.
Monroe County bore the
brunt of the inland impact of
Hurricane Irene. Bodies of wa-
ter flooded. High wind toppled
treesandpower lines. Roadsand
bridges first became impassable
and then sustained structural
damage. Homes and vehicles
were flooded, or were crushed
by falling trees and blowing de-
bris, Barletta wrote. It is clear
that federal assistance is critical
to the public health and safety,
tohelpthearearecover econom-
ically and to ensure that the re-
gion is adequately prepared for
future disasters.
Barletta was briefed on Lu-
zerne Countys situation and
learned, in summary, it could
have been a lot worse.
We didnt get that much rain
andwe didnt get the wind, said
Steve Bekanich, the countys
EMAdirector.
HesaidtheBackMountainar-
ea saw the most damage in the
county and plenty of power out-
ages. Mountain Top, too, sus-
tained damage fromwinds.
Barletta said he was super
concernedabout Plymouthand
Plymouth Township, which sus-
tained infrastructure damage
from the heavy rains of July 3,
but Irenecausedlittletonodam-
age in those communities.
Bekanich said power outages
anddownedtreesblockingroad-
ways were the major issues in
Luzerne County.
Barletta said municipal lead-
ers dida goodjobpreparingresi-
dents, who for the most part did
a good job making plans in case
they lost power or needed to
leave their home.
I was glad to see the flooding
we were expecting to happen
didnt happeninLuzerneCoun-
ty, Barletta said. But Barletta
said he feels for municipalities
that did see infrastructure dam-
age, because they likely dont
have the money to pay for need-
ed repairs.
This is not in (their munici-
pal) budget, Barletta said.
Because of the hardship mu-
nicipalities will have paying for
necessary cleanups, state Rep.
Phyllis Mundy wrote to Gov.
Tom Corbett asking for him to
addLuzerneCountytothelist of
counties being considered for a
disaster declaration that would
make them eligible for federal
recovery programs.
Corbett asked Obama to de-
clare a disaster in 11 Pennsylva-
nia counties, but omitted Lu-
zerne from the list. Mundy said
Luzerne shouldbe onthe list be-
cause the county has declared a
stateof emergencyinmanyof its
municipalities, including eight
in her legislative district.
Much destruction has been
caused by fallen trees and flash
flooding, Mundy wrote. As a
result, thousands of residents
are still without power and
manyarewithout water. Ahurri-
cane-related death has even
been reported in our county.
CLARK VAN ORDEN/THE TIMES LEADER
U.S. Rep Lou Barletta talks with Luzerne County EMA director
Steve Bakanich about Hurricane Irene damage.
Irenes fickle ways
surprise Barletta
In tour of area, congressman
notes the difference in
damage from place to place.
By ANDREWM. SEDER
aseder@timesleader.com
AIMEE DILGER/THE TIMES LEADER
Gov Tom Corbett addresses
the media at the Dandy Mart
in Meshoppen after touring
the area by air.
WILKES-BARREThefiance
of acitymanwhowas killedwhen
atreecrushedhiscampersaidshe
and the couples four children
werestandingjust afewfeet away
and narrowly escaped by fleeing
through a door.
Tina Wydra said Monday nei-
ther she nor Richard Shotwell
heard anything in the moments
before the tree crashed through
the rear sleeping quarters of their
camper at around 9:30 a.m. Sun-
day in the Hidden Lake Camp-
ground in Hunlock Creek.
It just came out of nowhere,
Wydra said in
an interview
Monday at the
North Hancock
Street homethe
couple shared.
The walls
started shak-
ing, He tried to
move, but God was quicker than
he was.
Shotwell, 41, was pronounced
dead at the scene by the Luzerne
County Coroners Office. The
death, which has been ruled acci-
dental, is among five in Pennsyl-
vania that have beenattributedto
Hurricane Irene.
Wydra, 38, saidsheandthechil-
dren had left the camper a short
time before the accident to see if
another tree they heard crash
down had struck any other camp-
ers. They returned to their camp-
er, and Richard told her he want-
ed to take a nap.
We heard this big crash and
went tocheckit out. That wokeus
up, thankGod, because it was not
long after that the tree came
through, she said. Im just
thankful it didnt happen in the
middle of the night or the kids
would have lost their mother,
too.
Wydra said she and her daugh-
ter were walking toward the back
of the camper when they felt the
walls move. Richard was awak-
ened by the movement and tried
toget out of thebed, but it wastoo
late.
I pushed my daughter out of
the way and tried to grab him to
help himget out of bed faster, but
I couldnt get to him, she said.
Fellowcampers grabbed chain-
saws andstartedcuttingawaythe
tree while Wydra andothers tried
to lift debris off of him.
I was screaming for him and
he wasnt answering me. I knew
inmy headwhenI was screaming
and he wasnt answering that he
was gone, she said.
Wydra said the family had
weathered the storm Saturday
night and believed everything
was OK. The rain had stopped,
and there was only a slight
amount of wind, she said. They
were thinking of leaving earlier
that morning, but decided to stay
to clean up stormdebris.
Wydra said she and Richard
had been together for four years.
The couple have four children,
two 12-year-olds, a 15-year-old
and 9-year-old, from prior rela-
tionships. Richard had worked at
Offset Paperback in Dallas the
past 10 years.
News of Shotwells death hit
fellowcampers hard, said Sharon
Kuklewicz, who has a camper at
the site. Kuklewicz said her 6-
year-old grandson, Caden, had
been playing with two of Shot-
wells children the day before.
Wydrasaidfamilymembersare
doing the best they can to cope
with the loss. She said she is
thankful for the support she has
received from the campgrounds
owners, aswell asfellowcampers.
Everyone has been so helpful
today and yesterday, she said.
Its just a wonderful camp-
ground.
For his obituary, see Page 8A.
Fiancee and couples 4 children just feet way when tree kills W-B man
By TERRIE MORGAN-BESECKER
tmorgan@timesleader.com
Shotwell
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H
ow many good guys does it take
to fix a bad deal?
A local businessman is one of
them.
A proposal put forth by Steve Vale
last week would have solved a plethora
of problems for the Scranton/Wilkes-
Barre Yankees.
The Abington area eye doctor round-
ed up a group of local investors in an
attempt to purchase the management
rights to the Triple-A Yankees for $15
million.
That offer promised to generate
more money, more business invest-
ments and more security for Northeast-
ern Pennsylvanias beleaguered base-
ball franchise.
Lackawanna County commissioners
Corey OBrien and Mike Washo can do
the math.
But they cant crack the equation.
As hard as theyve tried to sweeten a
sour mix, theyre still hamstrung by an
agreement signed into effect by con-
victed felon Bob Cordero, the former
Lackawanna County Commissioner
who gave away our guarantee of host-
ing a Triple-A baseball team.
That was just one of the curveballs
Cordero threw at Scranton-area tax-
payers, and Scranton/Wilkes-Barre
franchise co-owner Luzerne County
never even saw it coming.
Luzerne County never wanted to
accept that agreement, either, Lu-
zerne County commissioner Steve
Urban said.
Talk about a wild pitch.
Now the teams current operating
partnership between Mandalay and the
New York Yankees is in the process of
purchasing rights the franchise for
$14.6 million, again without the con-
sent of Luzerne County. Which is part-
ly why Luzerne County entered into
litigation to claim what an original
franchise agreement states is its fair
share nearly half of any franchise sale
price.
Thats almost $7 million Lackawanna
County wont have for its planned $40
million refurbishment of PNC Field.
Vales plan would have stopped Lu-
zerne Countys lawsuit, assured the
franchise remained in local hands and
added more fun to Scranton/Wilkes-
Barres games with more giveaway days
and promotions. The idea seemed
smoother than Scranton/Wilkes-Barre
outfielder Greg Golson cruising to
catch fly balls.
But a few flies got caught in the
ointment.
The $20 million in state funding for
PNC Fields reconstruction is specifical-
ly targeted for the building the New
York Yankees Triple-A team will play
in. Mandalay and the Yankees dont
want to relinquish management rights
if they purchase the franchise. And
Lackawanna County commissioners
fear the International League would
have grounds to remove Northeastern
Pennsylvanias franchise if they backed
out of a verbal agreement with Manda-
lay and the New York Yankees now.
It appears were backed into a corner.
If the county backs out of the deal,
Vale said OBrien told him, you have a
problem with the International League,
you have a problem with the Yankees
and you may have a problem with the
state of Pennsylvania.
Vale got involved to solve problems,
not cause them.
So he backed out, withdrawing the
offer from his management group just
days after presenting it to the Lacka-
wanna County Stadium Authority.
I dont want to be responsible for
the Yankees leaving and us losing our
International League franchise, Vale
said.
He thought he was coming in to save
the day. But he learned how difficult it
is to win after entering a losing battle.
Even when you bring the right stuff.
PAUL SOKOLOSKI
O P I N I O N
Late rally for
new ownership
comes up short
PITTSBURGH Pitt line-
backer Brandon Lindsey is no
stranger to high expectations. It
comes with the territory in his
family.
Lindseys father, John, played
basketball at Memphis while his
older brother, Willie, was a de-
fensive back at Northwestern.
I come from an athletic fam-
ily, said Brandon Lindsey, who
will transition from defensive
end to outside linebacker this
season for the Panthers. They
tell me all the time, You have to
be the best fromAliquippa to be
the best in the house."
Lindsey flourished while re-
placing injured Greg Romeus at
defensive end last fall. His per-
formance didnt go unnoticed.
Hes on a slew of preseason
award lists and the 6-foot-2, 250-
pound senior hopes to fulfill
such lofty expectations and ce-
ment his status as one of the na-
tions top defenders.
The second team All-Big East
pick recorded 51 tackles 17
1/2for a loss and10sacks as a
down lineman in the Panthers
4-3 scheme a season ago. Now,
in first-year coach Todd Gra-
AP FILE PHOTO
Pitts Brandon Lindsey is ex-
pected to start at outside line-
backer this season.
C O L L E G E F O O T B A L L
Expectations are running high
for Panthers stalwart Lindsey
Dont miss our
32-page full color
special Penn State
Preview section,
highlighting the
25th anniversary
of the 1986
championship
team.
I NSI DE
TODAY
See PITT, Page 7B
The Associated Press
PHILADELPHIAMichael Vickis re-
ally back on top now.
Vick and the Philadelphia Eagles
agreed on a six-year contract on Monday
that again makes the Pro Bowl quarter-
backoneof thehighest-paidplayers inthe
NFL.
Asource familiar withthe negotiations
told The Associated Press the deal is
worth $100 million, including about $40
million guaranteed. The person spoke to
the AP on condition of anonymity be-
cause terms werent released.
Vick has come a long way since spend-
ing 18 months in federal prison on dog-
fighting charges. He led the Eagles to the
NFC East title last year, was the starting
quarterback in the Pro Bowl and was the
APComeback Player of the Year.
Vickwas duetoearnslightlymorethan
$16 million this season after the
Eagles designated him the fran-
chise player in February. Hell
makealittleless, possiblygivingthe
Eagles salary cap flexibility to give Pro
Bowl wide receiver DeSean Jackson an
extension.
The 31-year-old Vick joined the Eagles
in2009, andplayedsparingly as the third-
string QB behind Donovan McNabb and
Kevin Kolb.
He started last year as the backup, but
forced his way into the starting role with
his exceptional performances after Kolb
got hurt in the season opener.
Michael
Vick
Scranton/Wilkes-Barres drive
for a fifth straight International
League North Division champion-
ship came to an end on Monday
night.
The Yankees split a doublehead-
er with Pawtucket on Monday,
winning the first game 3-0, but
when they lost the second game
2-0, they were officially eliminated
from the race for the division
championship. It will mark the
first time in the
teams five-year
existence that it
will not win the
division crown.
The Yankees
still have a slim
chance of claim-
ing the I.L. Wild
Card berth, but
that could end to-
day if they lose to
Lehigh Valley in
Allentown. Their
elimination num-
ber in that race is
just one, meaning
any total of Iron-
Pigs or Gwin-
nett wins or
Yankees losses totaling that num-
ber will result in elimination.
SWB won the first game 3-0 be-
hind a strong pitching perform-
ance from Manny Banuelos, the
organizations top pitching pros-
pect.
The lefty pitched a complete-
game shutout only allowing one
hit in a seven-inning effort. He
struck out six and only walked
two batters as he evened his re-
cord to 2-2 this season for Scran-
ton/Wilkes-Barre. He didnt allow
a hit until Jose Iglesias singled to
lead off the top of the sixth. Ba-
nuelos threw 98 pitches, 59 for
strikes.
Banuelos got help offensively
from Jesus Montero, the No. 1
overall prospect for the Yankees.
The catcher, who had two of the
teams five hits in the first game,
slugged a solo home run his 18th
of the year in the bottom of the
first to put the Yankees ahead 1-0.
Greg Golson scored on a wild
pitch in the fifth as the Yankees
extended the lead to 2-0.
Banuelos got another insurance
run in the bottom of the sixth
I L B A S E B A L L
The end
of an era
for Yanks
Loss in second game of
doubleheader stops teams run
of four straight division titles.
The Times Leader Staff
3 - 0
YANKEES
0 - 2
RED SOX
See YANKS, Page 4B
NEW YORK Trailing big in
the first round of the U.S. Open,
Maria Sharapova thought
well, no, she was certain that
shed pull through if she could
push her inexperienced oppo-
nent to a third set.
And Sharapova was right.
Shrieking as loudly as ever,
Sharapova came back from a set
anda breakdownagainst 19-year-
old Heather Watson of Britain to
win 3-6, 7-5, 6-3 on Monday, im-
provingto12-0this year inmatch-
es that went the distance.
Its just a matter of belief with-
in myself, that no matter how
well or bad or good Im playing,
or my opponent is playing, I
know I can tough it out, the No.
3-seededSharapova saidafter her
2
1
2-hour victory. No matter what
the situation is, I have the belief.
That self-confidence comes
not merely from her success in
three-setters this season, but also
from three Grand Slam titles, in-
cluding the 2006 U.S. Open. Its
the sort of trackrecordthe102nd-
ranked Watson hopes to have one
day; Mondays match was only
her fifth at a major tournament.
Sharapova wonsixGrandSlam
matches at Wimbledonalone this
summer, reaching the final there
before losing to Petra Kvitova.
Fresh off that triumph, Kvitova
a 21-year-old from the Czech
Republic seeded No. 5 in Flush-
ingMeadows failedtofollowit
up, flopping at the U.S. Open
with a 7-6 (3), 6-3 loss to 48th-
U. S. OPEN
Screeching along
AP PHOTO
Maria Sharapova reacts while playing Heather Watson during the first round of the
U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York on Monday.
Boisterous Sharapova comes
from behind to claim first
round victory.
By HOWARD FENDRICH
AP Tennis Writer
See OPEN, Page 7B
N F L
Eagles give Vick $100M
Team and quarterback agree to
terms on six-year, $100 million
contract with $40M guaranteed.
By ROB MAADDI
AP Pro Football Writer
INSIDE: More NFL, Page 5B
AP PHOTO
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S C O R E B O A R D
LOCAL
GOLF
Ace at Fox Hill
Pete Cusick recorded a hole-
in-one on Saturday while golfing
at Fox Hill Country Club in
Exeter.
Cusick aced the par-3 No. 11
hole. The feat was witnessed by
Rich Crossin, Matt Kelly and
Barry Vangarelli.
VOLLEYBALL
Wignot helping Pitt
Former Holy Redeemer vol-
leyball star Monica Wignot won
Most Valuable Player honors
after leading the University to
victory in the Pitt Panther In-
vitational Tournament over the
weekend.
Wignot, a 6-foot-2 outside
hitter, notched 43 kills, seven
aces, five blocks and 29 digs as
Pittsburgh went unbeaten while
capturing the two-day tourna-
ment.
The Panthers posted 3-0 vic-
tories over Howard University,
Eastern Kentucky, Marist and
Rhode Island. Wignot, a sopho-
more, also played back row.
E X T R A I N N I N G S
S P ORT S I N B RI E F
MEETINGSGAR Memorial High
School Football Booster Club will
meet Thursday, September 1, at 7
p.m. in the cafeteria at the High
School.
The Wednesday Night Dart League
of the North End Slovak Citizens
Club will hold their reorganization
meeting tomorrow, August 31, at 7
p.m. in the clubs meeting hall. All
league members are asked to
attend. There are a few openings
for new players. Rosters will be
picked on Wednesday, September
7, at 7 p.m. League play will begin
on Wednesday, September 14, at 7
p.m. Contact Rick at 570-817-3999
or Jamie at 570-819-1638.
West Side United Soccer Club will
hold its monthly parents and
coaches committee meeting at
6:30 p.m. on Thursday at the
Plymouth borough building. For
more information, call Matthew at
574-7699.
REGISTRATIONS/TRYOUTS
Newport Township Little League will
hold a signup for fall baseball
program tomorrow, Wednesday,
August 31, from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30
p.m. at the field. Boys who were
league age 8 through 11 this past
season are eligible. Players from
Newport and Nanticoke may sign
up. If you cant make it Wednesday
night call Tony at 570-760-3699.
Pa. Fusion girls travel softball team
will hold tryouts for 2011-2012
season for U12, U14, U16 travel
teams at the following times and
dates: U12: 10 a.m., Saturday; U14:
noon, Saturday; U16 2 p.m., Sat-
urday. All try outs will be held at
the Nanticoke Little League field
for more information, call mark at
570-902-5198.
Valley Regional Warriors 14U Travel
Softball Team will be holding a
final tryout for Saturday, Septem-
ber 3, at 5 p.m. on Field 2 of the
Freedom Park softball Complex,
which is located at 413 W. Butler
Dr., Drums. Players who previously
tried out are encouraged to come
back for another tryout. Also,
players from the 2010-2011 team
are asked to attend. For questions
or to set up a private tryout, con-
tact head coach Bill Corra at 570-
578-1774 or email at bcor-
ra@live.com. Kill Thursday
Wyoming Valley Vipers Travel
Fastpitch Softball Team will hold
tryouts from the 2012 season at 5
p.m. on Sunday at the Back Moun-
tain Little League fields. Tryouts
will be held for the following age
groups U10, U12, U14 and U16. For
more information, contact Wayne
at 706-1069 at Ed at 417-1119.
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accepted over the telephone. Items
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off at the Times Leader or mailed to
Times Leader, c/o Sports, 15 N, Main
St., Wilkes-Barre, PA18711-0250.
BUL L E T I N BOARD
Tonights $24,000 Claiming Handicap Pace is once again a highly
competitive race, thats why I am going to take a shot with Border
Fighting (5-1morning line). The three-year old gelded son of I AmA
Fool was just claimed out of last weeks race by training guru Lou
Pena. Lous success first start off the claim has been absolutely re-
markable and I think that this George Napolitano driven pacer falls
right into that strong chance category. Hes shown plenty of talent
throughout the year facing quality three-year old stock, is poised and
ready to score right out of the box for Pena in that night race feature..
BEST BET: TACS DELIGHT (11TH)
VALUE PLAY: BORDER FIGHTING (9TH)
POST TIME 6:30 p.m.
All Races One Mile
First-$9,700 Cond.Pace;maidens
3 Roaring Rei D.Ingraham 3-5-3 Great spot to break the ice 7-2
4 Rainbow Power J.Morrill 2-3-4 Keeps burning cash 3-1
2 E Z Noah T.Buter 6-5-2 Western Terror colt 9-2
1 Jokin Man A.Napolitano 5-1-2 4yr old first timer 10-1
5 Upfront Countryboy J.Pavia 7-6-3 Green two-year old 8-1
6 Eastwood Blue Chip M.Kakaley 4-8-5 Quick off the wings 4-1
7 Cancun Prize M.Simons 4-7-8 Yet to hit board in 11 starts 6-1
8 Prince Sharka G.Napolitano 6-7-3 Still learning 15-1
9 Newspeak H.Parker 6-5-6 Try another piece 20-1
Second-$9,700 Cond.Trot;n/w $4,350 last 5
5 Bobbi Jos Lindy M.Kakaley 3-5-6 Robinson barn still red hot 9-2
2 Self Professed J.Morrill 3-7-7 Morrill had great wknd in NY 3-1
7 McKelvie A.McCarthy 2-7-7 Been carving out the fractions 7-2
1 Litigator A.Napolitano 6-3-7 ANap owns-trains-reins 4-1
3 Photo King M.Simons 8-6-9 No pictures coming 6-1
4 Thors Hammer G.Napolitano 9-5-8 Struggled since the claim 8-1
6 Wildfire Bo T.Buter 6-5-7 The fire is out 20-1
8 Smedshammer F.DelCid 4-4-5 Doesnt like to win 15-1
9 Woody Marvel D.Ingraham 2-6-6 Pounded down 10-1
Third-$10,000 Clm.Pace;clm.price $15,000
7 Torrington A.McCarthy 2-7-4 Finds a soft spot 3-1
3 Patient Major J.Morrill 3-7-5 Does retain Morrill 4-1
1 Hey Scoob G.Napolitano 5-8-1 Gets Georgie back in sulky 7-2
2 Tiza Mojo J.Taggart 4-5-1 Monti import 10-1
4 Marty B Shady M.Simons 4-4-8 Having an off season 9-2
5 Coastal Storm H.Parker 7-6-3 Still a maiden 8-1
6 Stop Payment T.Buter 6-7-9 Used to show an upside 15-1
9 Bungleinthejungle M.Kakaley 2-5-4 Rolled over 6-1
8 Major Speed A.Napolitano 7-4-6 Has a flat tire 20-1
Fourth-$9,700 Cond.Trot;n/w $4,350 last 5
4 Timer A.McCarthy 3-3-9 Not the best of cards 7-2
1 Money Machine J.Pavia 2-8-9 Certainly a player 3-1
6 Lost In The Fog M.Romano 7-7-4 Down a peg in class 4-1
3 No Money Fun M.Kakaley 2-8-4 Comes off a little layoff 9-2
2 Marion Merlot G.Wasiluk 5-5-7 Grabs another fifth 6-1
5 American Cool D.Ingraham 8-8-6 Struggling trotter 15-1
7 Twocarlane J.Morrill 4-4-9 Not much to offer 10-1
8 Credit Approved G.Napolitano 9-7-3 Ill take a pass 8-1
9 Playa Tulum J.Taggart 2-6-6 Play a different tune 20-1
Fifth-$9,700 Cond.Pace;n/w $4,000 last 5
5 Hanks Kid M.Kakaley 6-8-5 Its go time 9-2
2 Hes Great A.McCarthy 5-4-7 Certainly at winnable level 3-1
7 Monet C C D.Ingraham 8-7-4 Class of the field 4-1
1 Cannae Barron M.Romano 7-2-4 2nd last time he had the pole 7-2
3 Night Call G.Napolitano 8-9-4 Slow in that final stanza 8-1
4 Lucky Lucky Leo J.Taggart 9-9-7 Hard one to figure out 5-1
8 Twinscape A.Rucker 5-6-9 Going nowhere from here 12-1
6 A Fool For Mark J.Morrill 7-8-9 Well out of it 10-1
Sixth-$9,800 Clm.Trot;clm.price $10,000
7 Hey Bubbi T.Raymer 1-1-7 Jogs again 5-2
1 Instant Photo M.Simons 3-3-2 New to the Allard barn 3-1
8 Carscot Nexus J.Pavia 1-2-2 Never better 5-1
2 Barely Famous A.Napolitano 6-1-1 Had win streak snapped 6-1
9 Carpathian Hooray G.Napolitano 5-3-5 A little off form 4-1
5 Here Comes Monte J.Morrill 2-9-4 In with a tough group 10-1
6 Lucerne De Vie A.McCarthy 7-2-5 Drops, but doesnt matter 15-1
3 Captain Brady T.Buter 4-9-8 Out of answers 12-1
4 Detech Tn.Schadel 5-3-7 I detect a beating 20-1
Seventh-$14,000 Clm.Pace;clm.price $25,000
2 The Pan Flamingo J.Morrill 4-4-3 Jimmie the difference 7-2
1 Great Dragon G.Napolitano 2-2-3 Went down as the 1-5 favorite 5-2
8 Pandapocket M.Simons 3-5-5 3rd last out vs similar 4-1
9 Beckys Dreamboat J.Pavia 1-2-1 Steps up a notch 5-1
5 Buzzd On Sudzz M.Romano 5-2-6 Matt doing well with his own 6-1
4 Viper Hanover T.Buter 1-6-7 Won first time on lasix 8-1
6 Dragon AHS M.Kakaley 7-8-5 Ready for easier 12-1
7 Expect Success H.Parker 8-3-3 No luck 15-1
3 Stonebridge Deco J.Antonelli 9-9-8 Last yet again 20-1
Eighth-$15,000 Clm.Hndcp Trot;clm.price $12-15,000
3 Fuel Cell M.Kakaley 1-2-7 Looked awesome in win 3-1
7 Justherighttouch J.Morrill 1-2-6 Went big mile last wk 7-2
8 Casanova Lindy A.Napolitano 1-5-8 Drew away from similar 4-1
5 Im A Sakra G.Napolitano 4-1-3 Has raced here in the past 15-1
4 A Real Laser D.Ingraham 9-3-1 Looking for a flat mile 6-1
9 Clear The Air M.Simons 3-1-3 Loves the front end 9-2
1 Calchips Muscle J.Pavia 2-4-5 Cant sustain a rally 8-1
2 Lukas Rossi Tn.Schadel 4-5-4 Sent by team Schadel 20-1
6 Lord Burghley T.Buter 5-2-4 Down in flames 10-1
Ninth-$24,000 Clm.Hndcp Pace;clm.price $25-30,000
8 Border Fighting G.Napolitano 6-5-4 Worth a shot 5-1
4 Sleek Hunter T.Buter 2-1-2 Deadly consistent 3-1
3 Triple Major J.Morrill 5-6-1 Needed a better draw 9-2
7 Expensive Toy M.Romano 1-2-3 Was super in that triumph 7-2
1 Yuma Hanover M.Kakaley 3-6-9 From the Burke stable 4-1
6 Top Notch Hanover A.Napolitano 2-2-1 Back in for a tag 8-1
5 Mustang Art A.McCarthy 4-7-6 Has to find more 10-1
2 Lap Hanover J.Pavia 7-5-1 Little to offer 12-1
Tenth-$9,700 Cond.Pace;n/w $4,000 last 5
7 Caviart Spencer A.Napolitano 6-3-3 Now or never 9-2
1 Tinys Million G.Napolitano 3-8-4 Likely favorite from the wood 3-1
2 Mountain Rocket M.Romano 6-4-8 Fits in to the triple 7-2
3 Gladiare Grande A.McCarthy 3-9-6 Does have 6 wins in 11 4-1
4 Googles Paisano T.Buter 8-5-5 Still has his glasses on 8-1
5 Terlingua M.Kakaley 4-4-7 Weak Burke student 5-1
6 Sea Dragon M.Simons 7-5-6 Been saddled with tough posts 12-1
8 Predator DVM M.Signore 1-1-9 Newcomer to PD 10-1
Eleventh-$12,000 Cond.Trot;n/w $6,500 last 5
6 Tacs Delight G.Napolitano 2-4-1 Should jog in here 5-2
9 Emily Do T.Buter 1-6-10 Moves up a peg off the victory 7-2
8 Blazing Winner J.Pavia 6-2-6 Driver change cant hurt 5-1
3 The Kentuckian A.Napolitano 8-7-10 Big M invader 4-1
4 Maple Point J.Morrill 5-3-5 Sits on the pylons 6-1
7 Showmeyourstuff M.Kakaley 3-4-2 Little to show 15-1
5 Sabana Hanover M.Romano 1-10-x No repeat in sight 12-1
1 Shelly Ross A.McCarthy 4-2-2 Fades at the end 8-1
2 Photorama M.Simons 8-7-7 Dislikes pictures 20-1
Twelfth-$9,700 Cond.Pace;n/w $4,000 last 5
4 Bluff Point M.Kakaley 7-3-9 Completes the Pick Three 4-1
3 Art Glass J.Pavia 5-3-7 First start off the claim 9-2
2 Boiler Bob The QB H.Parker 3-5-3 Got to love the name 3-1
1 Literate Hanover J.Morrill 6-7-7 Just cleared $300k life 7-2
8 Premier Flash A.Napolitano 8-8-7 Last three are very weak 8-1
6 Mil Amores G.Napolitano 9-8-5 Swept away 5-1
7 Sir Beach Dragon D.Ingraham 4-7-8 Riding a long losing skid 12-1
5 Powered By Zeus M.Romano 2-8-7 Out of gas 10-1
Thirteenth-$4,800 Clm.Pace;clm.price $5,000
7 Riverdancer G.Napolitano 7-6-7 Gets a much needed win 5-2
5 Absolutely Michael H.parker 8-7-5 Plunges again in price 3-1
2 Konjo N A.McCarthy 7-9-8 Been getting roughed up 7-2
6 Artful Sky T.Buter 5-6-5 Another dropper 6-1
4 The Perfect Escape J.Morrill 5-8-6 Note the new driver 8-1
3 Mcmelody M.Kakaley 6-7-4 Out of rhythm 9-2
1 Mon Ami Hall W.Mann 8-4-7 One more race to go 12-1
Fourteenth-$9,700 Cond.Trot;n/w $4,350 last 5
9 R Sam H.Parker 1-8-3 Sweeps by them all 7-2
2 Miss Wapwallopen M.Kakaley 7-2-9 Completes the exacta 3-1
7 Around And Over A.Napolitano 4-5-8 Best of the rest 4-1
8 Donnegal G.Wasiluk 5-4-6 Very weak finale 9-2
6 Stogie Hanover A.McCarthy 7-3-4 Clendining training .234 6-1
1 Money Man K D.Ingraham 7-7-8 One better than seventh 8-1
5 Emery Ho J.Morrill 8-9-8 Gets a case of the staggers 10-1
3 Quantum Starship T.Buter 9-9-6 ..next 15-1
4 Corky Duke J.Groff 6-7-5 See you tomorrow 20-1
On the Mark
By Mark Dudek
For the Times Leader
BASEBALL
Favorite Odds Underdog
American League
As 8.5 INDIANS
TIGERS 8.5 Royals
Blue Jays 9.0 ORIOLES
Yankees 9.5 RED SOX
RANGERS 9.5 Rays
WHITE SOX 9.0 Twins
Angels 8.0 MARINERS
National League
Phillies 8.0 REDS
BRAVES 8.0 Nationals
METS 8.5 Marlins
Pirates 8.0 ASTROS
BREWERS 8.5 Cards
DBACKS 9.5 Rockies
DODGERS 6.5 Padres
GIANTS 6.5 Cubs
NFL Pre-Season
Favorite Points Underdog
Thursday
Lions 1.5 BILLS
BENGALS 4.5 Colts
PACKERS 3.5 Chiefs
JETS NL Eagles
REDSKINS 7 Bucs
FALCONS 3 Ravens
JAGUARS 3.5 Rams
DOLPHINS 3.5 Cowboys
PATRIOTS NL Giants
PANTHERS 2 Steelers
VIKINGS 4 Texans
BEARS 2.5 Browns
SAINTS 3 Titans
CARDS 3 Broncos
CHARGERS 3 49ers
Friday
SEAHAWKS 4 Raiders
AME RI C A S L I NE
By Roxy Roxborough
BOXING REPORT: In the WBC welterweight title fight on September 17 in Las
Vegas, Nevada, Floyd Mayweather Jr. is -$700 vs. Victor Ortiz at +$500; in the
WBO welterweight title fight on November 12 in Las Vegas, Nevada, Manny Pac-
quiao is -$800 vs. Juan Manuel Marquez +$550.
L O C A L
C A L E N D A R
Today's Events
H.S. GOLF
Tryba Preseason Tournament at Fox Hill Country
Club
Wednesday's Games
H.S. GOLF
Hanover Area at Pittston Area
GAR at Wyoming Area
Tunkhannock at Meyers
Holy Redeemer at Coughlin
Dallas at Wyoming Seminary
Lake-Lehman at Wyoming Valley West
Crestwood at Nanticoke
Hazleton Area at MMI Prep
H.S. GIRLS TENNIS
Coughlin at Berwick
Crestwood at Wyoming Valley West
Hanover Area at Tunkhannock
Dallas at Wyoming Seminary
GAR at Wyoming Area
Hazleton Area at Pittston Area
Holy Redeemer at MMI Prep
COLLEGE CROSS COUNTRY
NEPA Classic at Kings, 5:30 p.m.
W H A T S O N T V
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
7 p.m.
SNY Florida at N.Y. Mets
WPHL --- Philadelphia at Cincinnati
WWOR --- N.Y. Yankees at Boston
8 p.m.
ROOT Pittsburgh at Houston
TENNIS
1 p.m.
ESPN2 U.S. Open, first round, at New York
7 p.m.
ESPN2 U.S. Open, first round, at New York
T R A N S A C T I O N S
BASEBALL
American League
NEW YORK YANKEESActivated RHP Freddy
Garcia from the 15-day DL. Optioned RHP Hector
Noesi to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL).
OAKLAND ATHLETICSOptioned RHP Graham
Godfrey to Sacramento (PCL).
TORONTOBLUE JAYSActivated LHP Brian Tal-
let from the 15-day DL.
National League
PHILADELPHIA PHILLIESActivated LHP Cole
Hamels from the 15-day DL.
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
NEW YORK KNICKSNamed Mike Woodson as-
sistant coach.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
ARIZONA CARDINALSWaived-injured WR Max
Komar and S Tommy Irvin (ankle). Released FB
Charles Ali, WRDaivieun Curry-Chapman, LBCur-
tis Gatewood, LB Duke Lemmens, OT Erik Mensik
and OT Jason Speredon.
CHICAGO BEARSWaived LB Tanner Antle, C
J.C. Brignone, DEVernon Gholston, DT Tank Tyler
and QB Trevor Vittatoe.
CINCINNATI BENGALSWaived/Injured DT Lo-
lomana Mikaele.
DALLAS COWBOYSReleased C Andre Gurode
and WR Curtis Clay.
DENVER BRONCOSReleased CB Nate Jones,
RB C.J. Gable, LB Braxton Kelley, LB Deron Mayo,
G Shawn Murphy, OT Curt Porter and DE David
Veikune.
INDIANAPOLIS COLTSActivated QB Peyton
Manning from the physically unable to perform list.
Signed DB Michael Hamlin. Placed DB Cornelius
Brown on waived-injured list.
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARSReleased QB Todd
Bouman, LB Gerris Wilkinson and WR Greg Elling-
son.
KANSAS CITY CHIEFSWaived LB Eric Bakhtia-
ri, RBTervaris Johnson, DBJaves Lewis, WRChris
Manno, WRJosue Paul, DB Mario Russell and WR
Chandler Williams.
MINNESOTAVIKINGSWaivedQBRhett Bomar,
DBChris Adingupu, DBSimeon Castille, OL Conan
Amituanai, TE Ed Barham, K Nate Whitaker, LB Jo-
nathan Gilmore, WR Andre Holmes, LB Kyle
ODonnell and DT Colby Whitlock.
NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTSSigned WR Tiquan
Underwood and S Ross Ventrone. Released LS
Matt Katula, TE Garrett Mills, S James Sanders, CB
Jonathan Wilhite, DL Kade Weston, WR Tyree
Barnes, WRDarnell Jenkins, DBMalcolmWilliams,
KChris Koepplin, DEClay Nurse and OL Mark Wet-
terer.
SEATTLE SEAHAWKSTraded CB Kelly Jen-
nings to Cincinnati for DT Clinton McDonald. Re-
leased WR Chris Carter, CB Jesse Hoffman, LB
Neal Howey, GZach Hurd, WRBrandon Smith, FB
Ryan Travis, DT Teryl White and WR Patrick Wil-
liams.
TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERSReleased CB Ash-
ton Youboty, WRAundrae Allison, CBVince Ander-
son, TE Collin Franklin, DE Brandon Gilbeaux, WR
Detron Lewis, PRobert Malone, WRJock Sanders,
FB Rendrick Taylor. Waived/Injured G Brandon
Carter.
TENNESSEE TITANSPlaced RB Chris Johnson
on the reserve/did not report list. Released DT Jo-
van Haye, LB Jonathan Cornell, P Chad Cunning-
ham, FB Patrick Hills, LB Kevin Malast, QB Brett
Ratliff, S Nick Schommer, WR Owen Spencer and
LS John Stokes.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
PHOENIX COYOTESAcquired C Daymond
Langkow from Calgary for RW Lee Stempniak.
COLLEGE
ILLINOIS-CHICAGONamed Tracey McGarry
womens assistant track & field and cross country
coach.
MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTHNamed Bob
Prince baseball coach.
MOUNT OLIVENamed Kristen Gibson-Herring-
ton athletic trainer.
SAINT ROSENamed Tim Robbins mens la-
crosse coach.
SAN DIEGO STATESigned mens basketball
coach Steve Fisher to a four-year contract exten-
sion.
SYRACUSENamed Andrea Torbey assistant
athletic trainer.
B A S E B A L L
Little League World Series
Glance
UNITED STATES
WEST: Huntington Beach, Calif.,
5-1;NORTHWEST: Billings, Mont., 3-1;ATLANTIC:
Clinton County, Pa., 3-2;SOUTHEAST: Warner
Robins, Ga., 2-2;NEW ENGLAND: Cumberland,
R.I., 1-2;MID-SOUTHWEST: Lafayette, La.,
1-2;GREAT LAKES: LaGrange, Ky.,
1-2;MIDWEST: Rapid City, S.D., 0-3.
INTERNATIONAL
JAPAN: Hamamatsu City, 5-2;MEXICO: Mexicali,
3-1;CANADA: Langley, British Columbia,
2-2;LATIN AMERICA: Maracay, Venezuela,
2-2;MEA: Dhahran, Saudi Arabia,
1-2;ASIA-PACIFIC: Kaohsiung, Taiwan,
1-2;CARIBBEAN: Oranjestad, Aruba,
1-2;EUROPE: Rotterdam, Netherlands, 0-3.
Thursday, Aug. 18
Mexicali, Mexico 3, Kaohsiung, Taiwan 0
Billings, Mont. 6, Rapid City, S.D. 4
Hamamatsu City, Japan 12, Oranjestad, Aruba 1, 4
innings
Lafayette, La. 2, Warner Robins, Ga. 0
Friday, Aug. 19
Langley, British Columbia 6, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
5
Huntington Beach, Calif. 11, Cumberland, R.I. 0
LaGrange, Ky. 1, Clinton County, Pa. 0
Maracay, Venezuela 6, Rotterdam, Netherlands 1
Saturday, Aug. 20
Kaohsiung, Taiwan 20, Oranjestad, Aruba 3, 4 in-
nings, Oranjestad eliminated
Warner Robins, Ga. 6, Rapid City, S.D. 3, Rapid
City eliminated
Dhahran, Saudi Arabia 4, Rotterdam, Netherlands
2, Rotterdam eliminated
ClintonCounty, Pa. 2, Cumberland, R.I. 0, Cumber-
land eliminated
Sunday, Aug. 21
Maracay, Venezuela 8, Langley, British Columbia 0
Billings, Mont. 3, Lafayette, La. 1
Huntington Beach, Calif. 10, LaGrange, Ky. 0, 4 in-
nings
Mexicali, Mexico 3, Hamamatsu City, Japan 2, 7 in-
nings
Monday, Aug. 22
Oranjestad, Aruba 5, Rapid City, S.D. 0
Langley, British Columbia 5, Kaohsiung, Taiwan 3,
Kaohsiung eliminated
Warner Robins, Ga. 8, LaGrange, Ky. 5, 9 innings,
LaGrange eliminated
Hamamatsu City, Japan 13, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
4, Dhahran eliminated
Clinton County, Pa., 10, Lafayette, La. 0, 4 innings,
Lafayette eliminated
Tuesday, Aug. 23
Cumberland, R.I. 8, Rotterdam, Netherlands 7
Hamamatsu City, Japan 4, Langley, British Colum-
bia 0, Langley eliminated
Clinton County, Pa. 7, Warner Robins, Ga. 5, War-
ner Robins eliminated
Wednesday, Aug. 24
Mexicali, Mexico 2, Maracay, Venezuela 1, 9 in-
nings
Billings, Mont. 1, Huntington Beach, Calif. 0, 7 in-
nings
Thursday, Aug. 25
Hamamatsu City, Japan 9, Maracay, Venezuela 6,
Maracay eliminated
Huntington Beach, Calif. 2, Clinton County, Pa. 0,
Clinton County eliminated
Friday, Aug. 26
Rain day, no games scheduled.
Saturday, Aug. 27
International championship Hamamatsu, Japan
5, Mexicali, Mexico 2
U.S. championship Huntington Beach, Calif. 11,
Billings, Mont. 2
Sunday, Aug. 28
At Lamade Stadium
Third Place
Mexicali, Mexico vs. Billings, Mont., ccd., Hurricane
Irene
World Championship
Huntington Beach, Calif. 2, Hamamatsu, Japan
1
I N T E R N A T I O N A L
L E A G U E
North Division
W L Pct. GB
Pawtucket (Red Sox) .............. 76 59 .563
Lehigh Valley (Phillies) ........... 76 61 .555 1
Yankees ................................... 69 65 .515 6
1
2
Syracuse (Nationals)............... 62 71 .466 13
Buffalo (Mets)........................... 59 76 .437 17
Rochester (Twins) ................... 50 87 .365 27
South Division
W L Pct. GB
Durham (Rays)......................... 77 57 .575
Gwinnett (Braves) ................... 74 61 .548 3
1
2
Charlotte (White Sox) ............. 64 72 .471 14
Norfolk (Orioles) ...................... 52 82 .388 25
West Division
W L Pct. GB
z-Columbus (Indians) ............ 84 53 .613
Indianapolis (Pirates) ............. 72 66 .522 12
1
2
Louisville (Reds) .................... 70 67 .511 14
Toledo (Tigers)....................... 65 73 .471 19
1
2
z-clinched playoff spot
Monday's Games
Yankees 3, Pawtucket 0, 1st game
Syracuse 4, Lehigh Valley 0, 1st game
Indianapolis 9, Toledo 1
Buffalo 6, Rochester 5
Gwinnett 2, Durham1
Columbus 11, Louisville 2
Charlotte 4, Norfolk 3
Pawtucket 3, Yankees 0
Syracuse 4, Lehigh Valley 0
Today's Games
Pawtucket at Rochester, 7:05 p.m.
Yankees at Lehigh Valley, 7:05 p.m.
Gwinnett at Durham, 7:05 p.m.
Toledo at Indianapolis, 7:05 p.m.
Columbus at Louisville, 7:05 p.m.
Charlotte at Norfolk, 7:15 p.m.
Wednesday's Games
Toledo at Indianapolis, 1:05 p.m.
Yankees at Lehigh Valley, 7:05 p.m.
Syracuse at Buffalo, 7:05 p.m.
Columbus at Louisville, 7:05 p.m.
Pawtucket at Rochester, 7:05 p.m.
Gwinnett at Norfolk, 7:15 p.m.
Norfolk 1, Gwinnett 1, tie, 5 innings, comp. of susp.
game
Durham at Charlotte, 7:15 p.m.
E A S T E R N
L E A G U E
Eastern Division
W L Pct. GB
New Hampshire (Blue Jays)... 71 63 .530
New Britain (Twins) ................. 68 65 .511 2
1
2
Reading (Phillies) .................... 68 66 .507 3
Trenton (Yankees)................... 64 68 .485 6
Binghamton (Mets).................. 61 72 .459 9
1
2
Portland (Red Sox).................. 56 78 .418 15
Western Division
W L Pct. GB
Harrisburg (Nationals) ........... 77 57 .575
Bowie (Orioles)....................... 72 61 .541 4
1
2
Richmond (Giants) ................. 71 63 .530 6
Akron (Indians) ....................... 68 66 .507 9
Erie (Tigers) ............................ 65 69 .485 12
Altoona (Pirates)..................... 60 73 .451 16
1
2
Monday's Games
Portland 4, Harrisburg 2.
Binghamton 7, Erie 5
Altoona 5, Bowie 1
Akron 6, Reading 4
New Hampshire 10, Trenton 4
Richmond 10, New Britain 5
Today's Games
Portland at Harrisburg, 7 p.m.
Reading at Akron, 7:05 p.m.
Altoona at Bowie, 7:05 p.m.
Binghamton at Erie, 7:05 p.m.
New Britain at Richmond, 7:05 p.m.
New Hampshire at Trenton, 7:05 p.m.
N E W Y O R K -
P E N N L E A G U E
McNamara Division
W L Pct. GB
Staten Island (Yankees) ........ 42 24 .636
Brooklyn (Mets) ...................... 39 28 .582 3
1
2
Hudson Valley (Rays)............ 32 36 .471 11
Aberdeen (Orioles) ................ 22 45 .328 20
1
2
Pinckney Division
W L Pct. GB
Auburn (Nationals) ................. 41 26 .612
Williamsport (Phillies) ............ 39 30 .565 3
Mahoning Valley (Indians) .... 37 31 .544 4
1
2
Batavia (Cardinals)................. 34 33 .507 7
Jamestown (Marlins) ............. 33 35 .485 8
1
2
State College (Pirates)........... 26 42 .382 15
1
2
Stedler Division
W L Pct. GB
Connecticut (Tigers) ............... 34 32 .515
Vermont (Athletics) ................. 34 33 .507
1
2
Tri-City (Astros) ....................... 31 37 .456 4
Lowell (Red Sox) ..................... 27 39 .409 7
Monday's Games
Lowell 5, Tri-City 4, 10 innings, 1st game
Brooklyn 3, Hudson Valley 1, 1st game
Staten Island 4, Aberdeen 3, 1st game
Lowell 3, Tri-City 2
Connecticut 4, Vermont 3, comp. of susp. game
State College 2, Batavia 1
Connecticut 4, Vermont 3
Jamestown 8, Auburn 7
Staten Island 5, Aberdeen 0
Hudson Valley 7, Brooklyn 0
Mahoning Valley at Williamsport, late
Today's Games
Vermont at Staten Island, 7 p.m.
Brooklyn at Lowell, 7:05 p.m.
Auburn at Jamestown, 7:05 p.m.
Hudson Valley at Connecticut, 7:05 p.m.
Tri-City at Aberdeen, 7:05 p.m.
State College at Batavia, 7:05 p.m.
Mahoning Valley at Williamsport, 7:05 p.m.
Wednesday's Games
Vermont at Staten Island, 7 p.m.
Tri-City at Aberdeen, 7:05 p.m.
Jamestown at Auburn, 7:05 p.m.
Hudson Valley at Connecticut, 7:05 p.m.
Brooklyn at Lowell, 7:05 p.m.
Williamsport at Mahoning Valley, 7:05 p.m.
Batavia at State College, 7:05 p.m.
F O O T B A L L
National Football League
Preseason
AMERICAN CONFERENCE
East
...........................................................W L T Pct
Miami................................................. 2 1 0 .667
New England.................................... 2 1 0 .667
N.Y. Jets........................................... 1 1 0 .500
Buffalo............................................... 1 2 0 .333
South
.........................................................W L T Pct
Houston.......................................... 3 0 0 1.000
Tennessee..................................... 2 1 0 .667
Jacksonville ................................... 1 2 0 .333
Indianapolis.................................... 0 3 0 .000
North
...........................................................W L T Pct
Baltimore........................................... 2 1 0 .667
Pittsburgh......................................... 2 1 0 .667
Cincinnati .......................................... 1 2 0 .333
Cleveland.......................................... 1 2 0 .333
West
...........................................................W L T Pct
Denver .............................................. 2 1 0 .667
San Diego......................................... 2 1 0 .667
Kansas City ...................................... 0 3 0 .000
Oakland............................................. 0 3 0 .000
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
East
...........................................................W L T Pct
Dallas................................................ 2 1 0 .667
Philadelphia ..................................... 2 1 0 .667
Washington...................................... 2 1 0 .667
N.Y. Giants....................................... 1 1 0 .500
South
.......................................................W L T Pct
New Orleans ................................ 2 1 0 .667
Tampa Bay.................................... 2 1 0 .667
Carolina ........................................ 1 2 0 .333
Atlanta........................................... 0 3 0 .000
North
.........................................................W L T Pct
Detroit ............................................. 3 0 0 1.000
Green Bay....................................... 2 1 0 .667
Chicago .......................................... 1 2 0 .333
Minnesota ...................................... 1 2 0 .333
West
.........................................................W L T Pct
St. Louis ......................................... 3 0 0 1.000
Arizona ........................................... 1 2 0 .333
San Francisco................................ 1 2 0 .333
Seattle............................................. 1 2 0 .333
Monday's Game
N.Y. Jets 17, N.Y. Giants 3
Thursday's Games
Detroit at Buffalo, 6:30 p.m.
Indianapolis at Cincinnati, 7 p.m.
Baltimore at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m.
N.Y. Giants at New England, 7:30 p.m.
Dallas at Miami, 7:30 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Washington, 7:30 p.m.
St. Louis at Jacksonville, 7:30 p.m.
Philadelphia at N.Y. Jets, 7:30 p.m.
Cleveland at Chicago, 8 p.m.
Kansas City at Green Bay, 8 p.m.
Houston at Minnesota, 8 p.m.
Tennessee at New Orleans, 8 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Carolina, 8 p.m.
Denver at Arizona, 10 p.m.
San Francisco at San Diego, 10 p.m.
Friday's Games
Oakland at Seattle, 10:30 p.m.
S O C C E R
Major League Soccer
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF GA
Columbus .................. 11 8 7 40 31 30
Sporting Kansas City 9 8 9 36 38 34
Houston ..................... 8 8 11 35 34 33
Philadelphia .............. 8 6 10 34 30 24
New York................... 6 6 14 32 41 37
D.C. ............................ 7 7 10 31 34 35
Chicago...................... 4 7 15 27 30 33
Toronto FC................ 4 12 12 24 26 49
New England............. 4 11 11 23 26 39
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF GA
Los Angeles .............. 14 3 9 51 37 20
Seattle ........................ 13 5 9 48 42 29
FC Dallas................... 13 7 7 46 36 29
Colorado.................... 10 7 11 41 39 36
Real Salt Lake .......... 11 7 6 39 33 20
Portland...................... 9 12 5 32 33 41
Chivas USA............... 7 10 10 31 32 30
San Jose.................... 5 10 11 26 27 35
Vancouver ................. 4 13 9 21 27 42
NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.
Sunday's Games
Los Angeles at New York, 7 p.m., Postponed
New England at Philadelphia, 7 p.m., Postponed
Saturday, Sept. 3
Philadelphia at Real Salt Lake, 9 p.m.
Monday, Sept. 5
Los Angeles at Sporting Kansas City, 6 p.m.
Wednesday, Sept. 7
New England at Philadelphia, 8 p.m.
Friday, Sept. 9
Colorado at Los Angeles, 11 p.m.
Saturday, Sept. 10
Houston at Sporting Kansas City, 4 p.m.
Real Salt Lake at Seattle FC, 4 p.m.
Vancouver at New York, 7:30 p.m.
FC Dallas at New England, 7:30 p.m.
Portland at Philadelphia, 7:30 p.m.
Toronto FC at Columbus, 7:30 p.m.
Chicago at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.
D.C. United at Chivas USA, 10:30 p.m.
G O L F
LPGA Money Leaders
Through Aug. 28
Trn Money
1. Yani Tseng .............................. 15 $1,816,051
2. Cristie Kerr .............................. 15 $1,246,011
3. Stacy Lewis............................. 15 $1,124,556
4. Suzann Pettersen................... 13 $1,102,980
5. Brittany Lincicome.................. 15 $969,537
6. Angela Stanford...................... 15 $821,695
7. Ai Miyazato.............................. 13 $766,334
8. Karrie Webb............................ 15 $712,779
9. Na Yeon Choi ......................... 14 $704,378
10. Paula Creamer...................... 15 $686,557
11. I.K. Kim.................................. 13 $669,511
12. Morgan Pressel .................... 15 $650,749
13. Jiyai Shin............................... 14 $609,415
14. Michelle Wie ......................... 14 $533,846
15. Maria Hjorth .......................... 14 $511,037
16. Hee Kyung Seo.................... 14 $501,247
17. Amy Yang .............................. 15 $474,816
18. Mika Miyazato....................... 14 $470,956
19. Brittany Lang......................... 15 $408,579
20. Sandra Gal ............................ 13 $388,922
21. Sun Young Yoo.................... 15 $375,082
22. Catriona Matthew.................. 12 $359,600
23. Sophie Gustafson ................ 14 $352,136
24. Anna Nordqvist..................... 14 $336,888
25. Inbee Park............................. 11 $321,575
26. Song-Hee Kim...................... 15 $300,112
27. Karen Stupples..................... 15 $256,076
28. Katie Futcher......................... 13 $250,450
29. Hee Young Park................... 14 $237,164
30. Meena Lee............................ 13 $235,349
31. Se Ri Pak .............................. 14 $233,895
32. Mindy Kim............................. 12 $219,786
33. Juli Inkster ............................. 15 $201,063
34. Candie Kung......................... 14 $200,323
35. Shanshan Feng .................... 14 $188,222
36. Chella Choi ........................... 13 $178,093
37. Ryann OToole...................... 8 $165,477
38. Vicky Hurst............................ 15 $165,362
39. Beatriz Recari ....................... 15 $162,343
40. Azahara Munoz..................... 15 $160,088
41. Natalie Gulbis........................ 15 $148,146
42. Stacy Prammanasudh......... 15 $134,473
43. Amy Hung.............................. 15 $132,531
44. Paige Mackenzie.................. 11 $132,220
45. Eun-Hee Ji ............................ 13 $131,655
46. Wendy Ward......................... 15 $128,380
47. Hee-Won Han....................... 15 $126,423
48. Pat Hurst................................ 13 $121,520
49. Kristy McPherson................. 15 $121,069
50. Jimin Kang ............................ 15 $117,278
N A S C A R
SPRINT CUP DRIVER
LEADERS
Through Aug. 28
DRIVER NAME...................POINTSSTARTSWINS
1. Kyle Busch...................... 830 24 4
2. Jimmie Johnson............. 830 24 1
3. Matt Kenseth................... 798 24 2
4. Carl Edwards.................. 795 24 1
5. Kevin Harvick.................. 782 24 3
6. Jeff Gordon..................... 782 24 2
7. Ryan Newman ................ 762 24 1
8. Kurt Busch ...................... 749 24 1
9. Dale Earnhardt Jr........... 728 24 0
10. Tony Stewart ................ 710 24 0
11. Brad Keselowski .......... 689 24 3
12. Clint Bowyer ................. 688 24 0
Compiled by World Features Syndicate, Inc.
B A S K E T B A L L
Women's National Basketball
Association
All Times EDT
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W L Pct GB
Indiana............................ 19 9 .679
Connecticut.................... 18 11 .621 1
1
2
New York ....................... 16 13 .552 3
1
2
Atlanta............................. 15 13 .536 4
Chicago.......................... 14 15 .483 5
1
2
Washington.................... 5 23 .179 14
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W L Pct GB
z-Minnesota ................. 23 6 .793
Seattle ........................... 17 12 .586 6
Phoenix......................... 16 12 .571 6
1
2
San Antonio.................. 13 15 .464 9
1
2
Los Angeles ................. 12 17 .414 11
Tulsa ............................. 3 25 .107 19
1
2
z-clinched conference
Sunday's Games
Minnesota 72, San Antonio 61
Tulsa 83, Connecticut 72
Phoenix 86, Washington 79
Chicago 74, New York 73
Seattle 65, Los Angeles 63
Monday's Games
No games scheduled
Today's Games
Chicago at New York, 7 p.m.
Indiana at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m.
Washington at Minnesota, 8 p.m.
Connecticut at San Antonio, 8 p.m.
Phoenix at Tulsa, 8 p.m.
Seattle at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.
B O X I N G
Fight Schedule
Aug. 31
At Hobart, Australia, Daniel Geale vs. Eromosele
Albert, 12, for Geales IBF middleweight title;Garth
Wood vs. Johannes Mwetupunga, 12, middle-
weights.
At Tokyo, Koki Kameda vs. David De La Mora, 12,
for Kamedas WBA World bantamweight title;Hugo
Fidel Cazares vs. Tomonobu Shimizu, 12, for Ca-
zares WBA super flyweight title.
Sept. 2
At Buenos Aires, Argentina, Luis Lazarte vs. Nerys
Espinoza, 12, IBF junior flyweight eliminator.
Sept. 3
At Beau Rivage Resort & Casino, Biloxi, Miss.
(HBO), Jan Zaveck vs. Andre Berto, 12, for Za-
vecks IBF welterweight title;Luis del Valle vs. An-
thony Napunyi, 10, featherweights.
Sept. 9
At Hinckley, Minn. (SHO), Mauricio Herrera vs.
Hector Sanchez, 10, junior welterweights;Lateef
Kayode vs. Felix Cora Jr., 10, cruiserweights.
Sept. 10
At Wroclaw, Poland (HBO), Vitali Klitschko vs. To-
masz Adamek, 12, for Klitschkos WBC heavy-
weight title;Pawel Kolodziej vs. Ola Afolabi, 12, crui-
serweights;Mateusz Masternak vs. Carl Davis, 10,
cruiserweights;Andrzej Wawrzyk vs. Devin Vargas,
10, heavyweights;Maksym Bursak vs. Daniel Ur-
banski, 10, middleweights.
At Belfast, Northern Ireland, Paul McCloskey vs.
Breidis Prescott, 12, WBA junior welterweight elim-
inator;Kiko Martinez vs. Carl Frampton, 12, for Mar-
tinezs European junior featherweight title.
At Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, N.J. (HBO), Yurior-
kis Gamboa vs. Daniel Ponce de Leon, 12, feather-
weights;Luis Cruz vs. Antonio Davis, 10, junior
lightweights.
At Agua Caliente, Mexico, Argeniz Mendez vs.
Juan Carlos Salgado, 12, for the vacant IBF junior
lightweight title.
Sept. 15
At El Paso, Texas, Jhonny Gonzalez vs. Rogers
Mtagwa, 12, for Gonzalezs WBC featherweight ti-
tle.
Sept. 17
At MGM Grand, Las Vegas (PPV), Victor Ortiz vs.
Floyd Mayweather, 12, for Ortizs WBC welter-
weight title;Erik Morales vs. Lucas Matthysse, 12,
for the vacant WBC super lightweight title;Jessie
Vargas vs. Josesito Lopez, 10, junior welter-
weights.
At Staples Center, Los Angeles (PPV), Saul Alva-
rez vs. AlfonsoGomez, 12, for Alvarezs WBCsuper
welterweight title.
At Culiacan, Mexico, Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. vs. Ro-
nald Hearns, 12, for Chavezs WBC middleweight
title.
Sept. 21
At Newcastle, Australia, Anthony Mundine vs. Ri-
goberto Alvarez, 12, for the interim WBA World ju-
nior middleweight title.
Sept. 23
At Cagliari, Italy, Moruti Mthalane vs. Andrea Sarrit-
zu, 12, for Mthalanes IBF flyweight title.
Sept. 24
At Club Chicago, Burbank, Ill., Roman Karmazin vs.
Osumanu Adama, 12, IBF middleweight title elim-
inator.
At Mexicali, Mexico, Jorge Arce vs. Simphiwe
Nongqayi, 12, for Arces WBO super bantamweight
title;Raul Martinez vs. Rodrigo Guerrero, 12, for the
vacant IBF super featherweight title.
At Mexico City, Adrian Hernandez vs. Gideon Buth-
elezi, 12, for Hernandezs WBC light flyweight title.
Sept. 25
At Krasnodar, Russia, Dmitry Pirog vs. Gennady
Martirosyan, 12, for Pirogs WBOmiddleweight title.
Sept. 30
At Santa Ynez, Calif. (SHO), Ajose Olusegun vs. Ali
Chebah, 12, WBC junior welterweight eliminator.
Oct. 1
At Atlantic City, N.J. (HBO), Sergio Martinez vs.
Darren Barker, 12, middleweights;Brian Vera vs.
Andy Lee, 10, middleweights.
At MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Toshiaki Nishioka vs.
Rafael Marquez, 12, for Nishiokas WBC junior
featherweight title;Roman Gonzalez vs. Glenn Do-
naire, 12, for Gonzalezs WBA World light flyweight
title;Jesus Soto Karass vs. Yoshihiro Kamegai, 10,
welterweights.
C M Y K
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M A J O R L E A G U E B A S E B A L L
CINCINNATI Shane
Victorino hit a tiebreaking,
two-run homer in the eighth
inning Monday night, and Cole
Hamels was solid in his return
from the disabled list, leading
the Philadelphia Phillies to a
3-2 victory over the Cincinnati
Reds.
Victorino snapped an 0-for-11
slump with his homer off right-
hander Homer Bailey (7-6),
improving the Phillies to 4-1
against Cincinnati this season.
Hamels held the Reds to two
hits one a misplayed fly ball
in six innings. Antonio
Bastardo (6-0) fanned three in
his one inning of relief. Dave
Sappelts infield single drove in
a run in the eighth, cutting it
to 3-2
Ryan Madson gave up a hit
in the ninth before finishing it
off for his 24th save in 26
chances.
Mets 2, Marlins 1
Mets 5, Marlins 1
NEW YORK Dillon Gee
rebounded from a wretched
start and the New York Mets,
back on the field following a
two-day break because of Hur-
ricane Irene, finished off a
doubleheader sweep of the
Florida Marlins with a victory.
R.A. Dickey shut down the
sluggish Marlins in the opener,
pitching seven spotless innings
in a 2-1 victory for his first win
since July 25.
Mets starters had tossed 21
consecutive scoreless innings
before Gee (12-5) gave up a
home run to Greg Dobbs in
the sixth. Jose Reyes scored a
run and committed an error in
his return from the disabled
list.
A boy in the stands got hurt
in the ninth inning of the open-
er when Dobbs hit a line drive
into the right-field seats, just
beyond the New York dugout.
Astros 7, Pirates 4
HOUSTON Carlos Lee
hit a tiebreaking three-run
homer in the seventh inning,
Wandy Rodriguez struck out a
career-high 13 and the Houston
Astros rallied past the Pitts-
burgh Pirates.
Trailing 3-2 in the seventh, a
fielders choice grounder by
J.D. Martinez tied the score
and Lee extended his hitting
streak to 10 games with his
14th homer off Jose Veras,
putting the Astros ahead for
the first time.
Rodriguez struck out six of
the first nine batters he faced
and didnt allow a hit until
Josh Harrison led off the
fourth with a double and An-
drew McCutchen followed
with his 19th homer.
N AT I O N A L L E A G U E R O U N D U P
Victorinos HR
leads Phillies
The Associated Press
BALTIMORE Freddy
Garcia returned from the dis-
abled list to pitch six innings of
two-hit ball, Nick Swisher
homered and the New York
Yankees beat the Baltimore
Orioles 3-2 Monday night earn
a split of the four-game series.
It was New Yorks second
straight win without third
baseman Alex Rodriguez and
shortstop Derek Jeter. Rodri-
guez will join the team in Bos-
ton on Tuesday after getting an
MRI on his sore left thumb in
New York, and Jeter rested a
bruised right knee but was
available in case of an emer-
gency, manager Joe Girardi
said.
Mark Teixeira doubled in a
run for the Yankees, who
moved within 1
1
2 games of the
first-place Red Sox in the AL
East.
Mark Reynolds and J.J. Har-
dy homered for Baltimore,
which was seeking to win a
four-game series against New
York for the first time since
1997.
Royals 9, Tigers 5
DETROIT Salvador Perez
and Alcides Escobar hit back-
to-back homers and the Kansas
City Royals beat the first-place
Detroit Tigers.
Alex Gordon also homered
and Johnny Giavotella added a
bases-loaded double for the
Royals, who came in 18
1
2
games behind Central Division
leaders.
Luke Hochevar (9-10) ended
a four-start winless streak. He
gave up five runs on eight hits
in seven innings.
Max Scherzer (13-8) allowed
seven runs on 10 hits and a
walk in three-plus innings to
drop to 2-2 in August. Both
losses were to the Royals.
Indians 2, Athletics 1
CLEVELAND Carlos
Santana homered and David
Huff and four relievers com-
bined to limit the Oakland
Athletics to five hits in the
Cleveland Indians win.
Huff (2-2) gave up three hits
over six scoreless innings to
win for the first time in six
starts, since beating Minnesota
in his season debut on July 18.
Chris Perez worked a perfect
ninth for his 30th save in 34
chances for Cleveland, which
has won three of four.
Santana hit his 20th homer
to give Cleveland a 2-0 lead in
the seventh inning against
Brandon McCarthy (7-7), who
lost for the second time in nine
starts since July 15. It was only
the eighth homer allowed by
the right-hander and seventh
without a runner on base.
Blue Jays 7, Rays 3
TORONTO Jose Bautista
hit his 38th home run, Ricky
Romero won his sixth straight
decision and the Toronto Blue
Jays beat the Tampa Bay Rays
to avoid a four-game sweep.
Adam Lind added a two-run
homer as Toronto snapped a
season-high four-game losing
streak and overcame a two-
homer night from Rays desig-
nated hitter Johnny Damon.
Bautista tied Yankees out-
fielder Curtis Granderson for
the major league lead in home-
rs with a solo drive in the sixth
that hit off the facing of the
third deck in left.
Romero (13-9) allowed three
runs and six hits in six innings.
The left-hander, who walked
four and struck out two, has
not lost since July 16 against
New York.
White Sox 3, Twins 0
CHICAGO Mark Buehrle
pitched four-hit ball into the
eighth inning and Tyler Flow-
ers drove in two runs as the
Chicago White Sox beat the
Minnesota Twins.
The White Sox have won
four straight and improved to
two games above .500 for the
first time since April 13. They
also moved within five games
of the AL Central-leading De-
troit Tigers.
Buehrle (11-6) pitched
around two walks in 7 2-3 in-
nings and struck out four. He
won his 159th game, tying him
for sixth on the White Soxs
all-time list.
Buehrle has allowed only
one earned run in 30 2-3 in-
nings this season against the
Twins and has 27 wins in his
career against Minnesota. He
has more wins against the
Twins than any other active
pitcher has against a single
opponent.
A M E R I C A N L E A G U E R O U N D U P
Yankees beat Orioles,
split 4-game series
The Associated Press
STANDINGS/STATS
AP PHOTO
The Philadelphia Phillies Chase Utley singles off Cincinnati Reds
pitcher Homer Bailey in the fourth inning of a game Monday in
Cincinnati. The Phillies won the game 2-1.
S T A N D I N G S
All Times EDT
AMERICAN LEAGUE
East Division
W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away
Boston .......................................... 82 51 .617 7-3 W-2 40-25 42-26
New York...................................... 80 52 .606 1
1
2 5-5 W-2 41-26 39-26
Tampa Bay ................................... 73 60 .549 9 7
1
2 6-4 L-1 35-31 38-29
Toronto......................................... 67 67 .500 15
1
2 14 3-7 W-1 33-34 34-33
Baltimore ...................................... 53 79 .402 28
1
2 27 6-4 L-2 31-37 22-42
Central Division
W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away
Detroit ........................................... 73 61 .545 7-3 L-2 37-28 36-33
Chicago ........................................ 67 65 .508 5 13 6-4 W-4 30-36 37-29
Cleveland ..................................... 66 65 .504 5
1
2 13
1
2 4-6 W-1 37-29 29-36
Minnesota .................................... 56 78 .418 17 25 2-8 L-1 29-39 27-39
Kansas City.................................. 56 79 .415 17
1
2 25
1
2 5-5 W-2 33-37 23-42
West Division
W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away
Texas............................................ 76 59 .563 4-6 W-1 42-27 34-32
Los Angeles................................. 72 61 .541 3 8
1
2 7-3 L-1 38-28 34-33
Oakland ........................................ 60 74 .448 15
1
2 21 5-5 L-3 35-30 25-44
Seattle........................................... 56 76 .424 18
1
2 24 3-7 L-3 32-35 24-41
NATIONAL LEAGUE
East Division
W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away
Philadelphia................................. 84 46 .646 6-4 W-1 46-22 38-24
Atlanta........................................... 79 54 .594 6
1
2 7-3 L-1 41-25 38-29
New York...................................... 64 68 .485 21 14
1
2 5-5 W-4 28-35 36-33
Washington.................................. 62 70 .470 23 16
1
2 3-7 L-6 37-28 25-42
Florida........................................... 59 74 .444 26
1
2 20 2-8 L-2 25-41 34-33
Central Division
W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away
Milwaukee .................................... 81 54 .600 8-2 W-3 50-16 31-38
St. Louis ....................................... 70 64 .522 10
1
2 9
1
2 4-6 W-1 35-31 35-33
Cincinnati...................................... 67 67 .500 13
1
2 12
1
2 7-3 L-1 37-31 30-36
Pittsburgh..................................... 62 72 .463 18
1
2 17
1
2 3-7 L-2 31-37 31-35
Chicago ........................................ 57 77 .425 23
1
2 22
1
2 3-7 L-4 32-37 25-40
Houston........................................ 45 90 .333 36 35 4-6 W-2 24-42 21-48
West Division
W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away
Arizona........................................... 75 59 .560 6-4 W-6 39-26 36-33
San Francisco ............................... 71 63 .530 4 8
1
2 4-6 L-1 38-28 33-35
Colorado........................................ 64 70 .478 11 15
1
2 7-3 W-1 35-33 29-37
Los Angeles .................................. 62 70 .470 12 16
1
2 7-3 L-1 33-35 29-35
San Diego...................................... 60 74 .448 15 19
1
2 5-5 L-4 28-38 32-36
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Sunday's Games
Kansas City 2, Cleveland 1
Tampa Bay 12, Toronto 0
Baltimore 2, N.Y. Yankees 0, 1st game
Oakland at Boston, ppd., hurricane threat
Minnesota 11, Detroit 4
Chicago White Sox 9, Seattle 3
N.Y. Yankees 8, Baltimore 3, 2nd game
Texas 9, L.A. Angels 5
Monday's Games
Kansas City 9, Detroit 5
N.Y. Yankees 3, Baltimore 2
Cleveland 2, Oakland 1
Toronto 7, Tampa Bay 3
Chicago White Sox 3, Minnesota 0
L.A. Angels at Seattle, (n)
Tuesday's Games
Kansas City (Francis 5-14) at Detroit (Fister 6-13),
7:05 p.m.
Oakland (Cahill 9-12) at Cleveland (J.Gomez 0-2),
7:05 p.m.
Toronto (Cecil 4-7) at Baltimore (Guthrie 6-16), 7:05
p.m.
N.Y. Yankees (Sabathia 17-7) at Boston (Lackey
12-9), 7:10 p.m.
Tampa Bay (Hellickson 11-9) at Texas (Feldman
0-0), 8:05 p.m.
Minnesota (Swarzak 3-4) at Chicago White Sox
(Z.Stewart 1-3), 8:10 p.m.
L.A. Angels (J.Williams 1-0) at Seattle (A.Vasquez
1-0), 10:10 p.m.
Wednesday's Games
Kansas City at Detroit, 1:05 p.m.
Minnesota at Chicago White Sox, 2:10 p.m.
Oakland at Cleveland, 7:05 p.m.
Toronto at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees at Boston, 7:10 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Texas, 8:05 p.m.
L.A. Angels at Seattle, 10:10 p.m.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Sunday's Games
Cincinnati 5, Washington 4, 14 innings
Atlanta at New York, ppd., hurricane threat
Florida at Philadelphia, ppd., hurricane threat
Milwaukee 3, Chicago Cubs 2
St. Louis 7, Pittsburgh 4
Houston 4, San Francisco 3, 11 innings
Colorado 7, L.A. Dodgers 6
Arizona 6, San Diego 1
Monday's Games
N.Y. Mets 2, Florida 1, 1st game
Philadelphia 3, Cincinnati 2
N.Y. Mets 5, Florida 1, 2nd game
Houston 7, Pittsburgh 4
Colorado at Arizona, (n)
San Diego at L.A. Dodgers, (n)
Chicago Cubs at San Francisco, (n)
Tuesday's Games
Florida (Vazquez 7-11) at N.Y. Mets (Pelfrey 7-10),
7:10 p.m.
Philadelphia (Halladay 15-5) at Cincinnati (Arroyo
8-10), 7:10 p.m.
Washington(L.Hernandez 7-12) at Atlanta(Jurrjens
13-5), 7:10 p.m.
Pittsburgh (Morton 9-7) at Houston (Sosa1-2), 8:05
p.m.
St. Louis (E.Jackson 3-2) at Milwaukee (Marcum
11-4), 8:10 p.m.
Colorado (A.Cook 3-7) at Arizona (Miley 1-1), 9:40
p.m.
San Diego (Stauffer 8-10) at L.A. Dodgers (Kuroda
10-14), 10:10 p.m.
Chicago Cubs (Garza 6-10) at San Francisco (Vo-
gelsong 10-4), 10:15 p.m.
Wednesday's Games
San Diego at L.A. Dodgers, 3:10 p.m.
Chicago Cubs at San Francisco, 3:45 p.m.
Florida at N.Y. Mets, 7:10 p.m.
Philadelphia at Cincinnati, 7:10 p.m.
Washington at Atlanta, 7:10 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Houston, 8:05 p.m.
St. Louis at Milwaukee, 8:10 p.m.
Colorado at Arizona, 9:40 p.m.
A L B O X E S
Yankees 3, Orioles 2
New York Baltimore
ab r h bi ab r h bi
Gardnr lf 3 0 0 0 Hardy ss 4 1 1 1
Grndrs cf 3 1 0 0 Markks rf 2 0 0 0
Teixeir 1b 4 0 1 1 AdJons cf 4 0 1 0
Cano 2b 4 1 2 0 Guerrr dh 4 0 0 0
Swisher rf 4 1 1 2 Wieters c 3 0 0 0
Posada dh 4 0 0 0 MrRynl 1b 4 1 1 1
ErChvz 3b 3 0 1 0 RAdms 2b 3 0 0 0
Martin c 3 0 0 0 Reimld lf 3 0 0 0
ENunez ss 3 0 0 0 Andino 3b 3 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 5 3 Totals 30 2 3 2
New York ........................... 100 200 000 3
Baltimore............................ 000 010 010 2
DPBaltimore 1. LOBNew York 3, Baltimore 4.
2BTeixeira (23), Er.Chavez (5), Ad.Jones (24).
HRSwisher (21), Hardy (26), Mar.Reynolds (31).
SBGardner (38), Markakis (10).
IP H R ER BB SO
New York
F.Garcia W,11-7 ..... 6 2 1 1 1 4
R.Soriano H,15........ 1 0 0 0 1 2
Robertson H,29....... 1 1 1 1 1 2
Ma.Rivera S,34-39 . 1 0 0 0 0 1
Baltimore
Simon L,4-7............. 7 4 3 3 2 6
M.Gonzalez ............. 2 1 0 0 0 1
UmpiresHome, Vic Carapazza;First, Laz Diaz-
;Second, John Hirschbeck;Third, Wally Bell.
T2:32. A18,223 (45,438).
Indians 2, Athletics 1
Oakland Cleveland
ab r h bi ab r h bi
JWeeks 2b 4 0 2 1 Carrer cf 3 1 1 0
Crisp cf 4 0 1 0 Fukdm rf 3 0 2 1
Matsui dh 4 0 1 0 ACarer ss 3 0 0 0
Wlngh lf 3 0 0 0 Thome dh 3 0 0 0
Allen 1b 4 0 0 0 CSantn c 3 1 2 1
CJcksn rf 3 0 0 0 Duncan lf 2 0 0 0
KSuzuk c 4 0 0 0 Head lf 1 0 0 0
Pnngtn ss 3 0 0 0 Chsnhll 3b 3 0 0 0
SSizmr 3b 3 1 1 0 Hannhn 3b 0 0 0 0
LaPort 1b 3 0 0 0
Phelps 2b 3 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 5 1 Totals 27 2 5 2
Oakland.............................. 000 000 010 1
Cleveland........................... 000 001 10x 2
DPOakland 1. LOBOakland 6, Cleveland 2.
2BJ.Weeks 2 (19), Matsui (23), S.Sizemore (19),
Fukudome (9). HRC.Santana (20). SBS.Size-
more (3). CSCarrera (5).
IP H R ER BB SO
Oakland
McCarthy L,7-7 ....... 8 5 2 2 1 10
Cleveland
D.Huff W,2-2............ 6 3 0 0 2 4
J.Smith H,11............ 1 1 1 1 0 2
Sipp H,21.................
2
3 1 0 0 0 0
Pestano H,19...........
1
3 0 0 0 0 1
C.Perez S,30-34..... 1 0 0 0 0 2
J.Smith pitched to 1 batter in the 8th.
WPD.Huff.
Blue Jays 7, Rays 3
Tampa Bay Toronto
ab r h bi ab r h bi
Jnnngs lf 4 1 1 0 YEscor ss 4 1 2 1
Damon dh 3 2 2 3 EThms lf 5 1 2 0
Longori 3b 3 0 1 0 Bautist rf 3 1 1 2
Zobrist 2b 4 0 0 0 Lind 1b 5 1 1 2
Ktchm 1b 4 0 1 0 Encrnc dh 4 0 1 0
BUpton cf 4 0 1 0 KJhnsn 2b 4 2 3 0
Joyce rf 4 0 0 0 Lawrie 3b 4 0 1 0
Jaso c 3 0 1 0 Arencii c 4 1 3 2
SRdrgz ss 3 0 0 0 Wise cf 4 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 7 3 Totals 37 714 7
Tampa Bay......................... 200 010 000 3
Toronto............................... 003 211 00x 7
ER.Romero (1). DPTampa Bay 1, Toronto 3.
LOBTampaBay 7, Toronto12. 2BB.Upton(17),
E.Thames (16), Arencibia (16). 3BLongoria (1),
K.Johnson (1), Arencibia (4). HRDamon 2 (13),
Bautista (38), Lind (23). SBEncarnacion (5), Law-
rie 2 (3), Arencibia (1).
IP H R ER BB SO
Tampa Bay
W.Davis L,8-8.......... 4
1
3 9 6 6 3 3
B.Gomes..................
2
3 1 0 0 0 1
Howell....................... 1 2 1 1 1 2
J.Cruz.......................
2
3 1 0 0 0 1
McGee...................... 1 0 0 0 1 1
C.Ramos..................
1
3 1 0 0 0 0
Toronto
R.Romero W,13-9 .. 6 6 3 3 4 2
Litsch........................ 1 1 0 0 1 1
Janssen.................... 1 0 0 0 0 0
F.Francisco.............. 1 0 0 0 0 0
HBPby W.Davis (Bautista). WPW.Davis 2.
Royals 9, Tigers 5
Kansas City Detroit
ab r h bi ab r h bi
AGordn lf 5 2 4 1 AJcksn cf 5 1 2 0
MeCarr cf 5 1 3 1 RSantg 2b 5 0 1 1
Butler dh 4 1 1 0 DYong lf 5 1 1 1
Hosmer 1b 3 1 1 1 MiCarr 1b 4 1 3 1
Francr rf 5 0 1 0 VMrtnz dh 4 0 2 1
Mostks 3b 5 0 1 0 Avila c 3 0 0 0
Giavtll 2b 5 1 2 3 JhPerlt ss 4 0 0 0
Getz 2b 0 0 0 0 Betemt 3b 2 1 0 0
S.Perez c 4 1 3 2 Kelly rf 4 1 1 0
AEscor ss 4 2 2 1
Totals 40 918 9 Totals 36 510 4
Kansas City ....................... 113 202 000 9
Detroit................................. 003 010 010 5
EA.Gordon (3), Betemit (10), Mi.Cabrera (10).
DPKansas City1, Detroit 2. LOBKansas City 8,
Detroit 7. 2BMe.Cabrera (36), Francoeur (41),
Giavotella (4), S.Perez (4), Mi.Cabrera (35).
3BR.Santiago (2). HRA.Gordon (19), S.Perez
(1), A.Escobar (3). SFHosmer.
IP H R ER BB SO
Kansas City
Hochevar W,9-10.... 7 8 5 5 2 7
Collins....................... 0 1 0 0 1 0
Bl.Wood S,1-2......... 2 1 0 0 0 2
Detroit
Scherzer L,13-8 ...... 3 10 7 7 1 2
Below........................ 3
2
3 5 2 2 2 0
Perry......................... 1
1
3 2 0 0 0 0
Schlereth.................. 1 1 0 0 0 0
Scherzer pitched to 3 batters in the 4th.
Hochevar pitched to 1 batter in the 8th.
Collins pitched to 2 batters in the 8th.
WPHochevar.
UmpiresHome, James Hoye;First, Phil Cuzzi-
;Second, Tom Hallion;Third, Bill Miller.
T2:56. A32,423 (41,255).
White Sox 3, Twins 0
Minnesota Chicago
ab r h bi ab r h bi
Revere cf 3 0 1 0 Pierre lf 4 0 0 0
Plouffe lf 4 0 1 0 AlRmrz ss 4 1 2 0
Cuddyr 1b 4 0 0 0 Konerk 1b 4 0 1 0
Kubel dh 4 0 0 0 Lillirdg 1b 0 0 0 0
Valenci 3b 4 0 1 0 Rios cf 4 0 0 0
LHughs 2b 4 0 0 0 Viciedo dh 3 1 2 1
Repko rf 3 0 0 0 De Aza rf 3 1 2 0
RRiver c 3 0 0 0 Flowrs c 2 0 1 2
Nishiok ss 1 0 1 0 Morel 3b 3 0 0 0
Bckhm 2b 2 0 0 0
Totals 30 0 4 0 Totals 29 3 8 3
Minnesota.......................... 000 000 000 0
Chicago.............................. 010 000 11x 3
EMorel (10). DPMinnesota 1. LOBMinneso-
ta 6, Chicago 6. 2BAl.Ramirez (24), De Aza (4),
Flowers (4). SBViciedo (1), De Aza (5). SRev-
ere, De Aza. SFFlowers.
IP H R ER BB SO
Minnesota
Slowey L,0-3............ 7 6 2 2 2 3
Capps.......................
2
3 2 1 1 0 0
Dumatrait..................
1
3 0 0 0 0 1
Chicago
Buehrle W,11-6....... 7
2
3 4 0 0 2 4
Crain H,17................
1
3 0 0 0 0 1
S.Santos S,27-31.... 1 0 0 0 0 1
A L B O X E S
Phillies 3, Reds 2
Philadelphia Cincinnati
ab r h bi ab r h bi
Victorn cf 4 1 1 2 BPhllps 2b 4 1 2 0
Polanc 3b 4 0 0 0 Sappelt lf 4 0 1 1
Utley 2b 4 0 1 0 Votto 1b 3 0 0 1
Howard 1b 4 0 0 0 Bruce rf 4 0 1 0
Pence rf 4 0 1 0 Alonso 3b 4 0 0 0
Mayrry lf 4 1 0 0 Stubbs cf 4 0 0 0
Ruiz c 3 0 1 0 Renteri ss 4 0 0 0
WValdz ss 3 1 2 1 Hanign c 3 1 2 0
Hamels p 2 0 0 0 HBaily p 1 0 0 0
Bastrd p 0 0 0 0 FLewis ph 1 0 0 0
Mrtnz ph 1 0 0 0 Bray p 0 0 0 0
Stutes p 0 0 0 0 Masset p 0 0 0 0
Madson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 6 3 Totals 32 2 6 2
Philadelphia....................... 000 010 020 3
Cincinnati ........................... 000 100 010 2
EPolanco (7). LOBPhiladelphia 3, Cincinnati 5.
2BW.Valdez (12). 3BB.Phillips (2). HRVicto-
rino (15). SBStubbs (35). SH.Bailey.
IP H R ER BB SO
Philadelphia
Hamels ..................... 6 2 1 1 0 7
Bastardo W,6-0 ....... 1 0 0 0 1 3
Stutes H,8................ 1 3 1 1 0 1
Madson S,24-26 ..... 1 1 0 0 0 1
Cincinnati
H.Bailey L,7-6.......... 8 6 3 3 0 9
Bray...........................
1
3 0 0 0 0 1
Masset......................
2
3 0 0 0 0 0
UmpiresHome, D.J. Reyburn;First, Ron Kulpa-
;Second, Derryl Cousins;Third, Jim Wolf.
T2:36. A21,360 (42,319).
Mets 2, Marlins 1
First Game
Florida New York
ab r h bi ab r h bi
Bonifac ss 3 0 0 0 Pagan cf 4 0 0 0
Infante 2b 4 0 1 0 RTejad ss 4 0 0 0
Morrsn lf 4 0 1 0 DWrght 3b 4 0 1 0
Stanton rf 4 0 1 0 Duda rf 4 1 3 0
Dobbs 3b 4 0 1 0 Bay lf 3 0 0 0
GSnchz 1b 4 1 1 1 Evans 1b 4 1 2 0
Camrn cf 4 0 2 0 Thole c 3 0 1 1
J.Buck c 3 0 1 0 JuTrnr 2b 2 0 1 1
Hayes pr-c 1 0 0 0 Dickey p 2 0 0 0
AnSnch p 2 0 0 0 Isrnghs p 0 0 0 0
Amezg ph 1 0 0 0 Harris ph 1 0 0 0
Badnhp p 0 0 0 0 Parnell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 1 8 1 Totals 31 2 8 2
Florida ................................ 000 000 001 1
New York ........................... 011 000 00x 2
ER.Tejada (9). LOBFlorida 7, New York 10.
2BMorrison (23), Thole (15). HRG.Sanchez
(17). CSBonifacio (9). SDickey.
IP H R ER BB SO
Florida
Ani.Sanchez L,7-7 .. 6 7 2 2 4 5
Badenhop................. 2 1 0 0 0 1
New York
Dickey W,6-11......... 7 7 0 0 1 6
Isringhausen H,16 .. 1 0 0 0 0 3
Parnell S,2-4............ 1 1 1 1 0 0
UmpiresHome, Cory Blaser;First, Mike Esta-
brook;Second, Adrian Johnson;Third, Fieldin Cul-
breth.
T2:44. A0 (41,800).
Mets 5, Marlins 1
Second Game
Florida New York
ab r h bi ab r h bi
Bonifac ss 4 0 2 0 JosRys ss 4 1 1 0
Infante 2b 4 0 1 0 RTejad 2b 4 2 2 0
Morrsn lf 4 0 0 0 DWrght 3b 4 0 2 2
Stanton rf 2 0 0 0 Duda rf 4 0 0 0
Dobbs 3b 4 1 1 1 Pagan cf 4 1 1 1
JoLopz 1b 4 0 1 0 Evans 1b 4 1 2 0
Petersn cf 4 0 1 0 Harris lf 3 0 2 1
Hayes c 4 0 1 0 Acosta p 0 0 0 0
Nolasco p 3 0 0 0 RPauln ph 1 0 0 0
MDunn p 0 0 0 0 Parnell p 0 0 0 0
Ceda p 0 0 0 0 Nickes c 4 0 1 1
GSnchz ph 1 0 0 0 Gee p 1 0 0 0
Beato p 0 0 0 0
Pridie lf 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 1 7 1 Totals 34 511 5
Florida ................................ 000 001 000 1
New York ........................... 000 102 11x 5
EDobbs (9), Jos.Reyes (14). LOBFlorida 11,
New York 6. 2BHayes (8), D.Wright (17), Evans
(4). 3BR.Tejada (1). HRDobbs (6). SInfante,
Gee.
IP H R ER BB SO
Florida
Nolasco L,9-10........ 6
2
3 9 4 4 0 3
M.Dunn.....................
1
3 0 0 0 0 0
Ceda......................... 1 2 1 1 0 0
New York
Gee W,12-5............. 6 6 1 1 2 6
Beato H,9 .................
2
3 0 0 0 1 1
Acosta H,4............... 1
1
3 0 0 0 0 3
Parnell ...................... 1 1 0 0 0 1
HBPby Acosta (Stanton). WPNolasco.
UmpiresHome, Lance Barksdale;First, Adrian
Johnson;Second, Fieldin Culbreth;Third, Mike Es-
tabrook.
T2:52. A29,335 (41,800).
Astros 7, Pirates 4
Pittsburgh Houston
ab r h bi ab r h bi
Tabata lf-rf 4 0 0 0 Schafer cf 4 1 2 1
JHrrsn 3b 4 1 1 0 Altuve 2b 5 1 3 1
Veras p 0 0 0 0 JMrtnz lf 4 2 1 1
Watson p 0 0 0 0 DCrpnt p 0 0 0 0
AMcCt cf 3 1 1 2 MDwns ph 1 0 0 0
Walker 2b 4 1 1 0 JAreu p 0 0 0 0
Doumit c 4 0 1 1 Melncn p 0 0 0 0
Diaz rf 1 0 0 0 Ca.Lee 1b 3 1 2 3
Presley lf 1 0 0 0 Bogsvc rf 4 0 2 1
BrWod 1b-3b 4 0 0 0 Pareds 3b 3 0 0 0
dArnad ss 3 0 0 0 Barmes ss 4 1 2 0
Grilli p 0 0 0 0 Corprn c 4 0 0 0
GJones 1b 0 1 0 0 WRdrg p 2 0 0 0
Ohlndrf p 2 0 0 0 Bourgs ph-lf 2 1 1 0
Cedeno ss 2 0 1 1
Totals 32 4 5 4 Totals 36 713 7
Pittsburgh .......................... 000 300 001 4
Houston.............................. 000 110 41x 7
DPPittsburgh 2. LOBPittsburgh 6, Houston 8.
2BJ.Harrison (9), Walker (23), Doumit (5), Altuve
(9), Bogusevic 2 (9), Barmes (21). 3BCedeno (2).
HRA.McCutchen (19), Ca.Lee (13). SBBour-
geois (24).
IP H R ER BB SO
Pittsburgh
Ohlendorf ................. 5 5 2 2 1 6
Grilli L,1-1 H,4 ......... 1
1
3 3 2 2 1 0
Veras BS,7-8...........
2
3 2 2 2 0 1
Watson ..................... 1 3 1 1 0 1
Houston
W.Rodriguez
W,10-9...................... 7 4 3 3 4 13
Da.Carpenter H,3 ... 1 0 0 0 0 0
J.Abreu.....................
2
3 1 1 1 1 2
Melancon S,15-20 ..
1
3 0 0 0 0 1
HBPby Grilli (Schafer). WPOhlendorf, W.Ro-
driguez.
UmpiresHome, Mike Muchlinski;First, Mike Win-
ters;Second, Mike Everitt;Third, Chris Guccione.
T3:02. A19,250 (40,963).
A L L E A D E R S
BATTINGAdGonzalez, Boston, .345; MiYoung,
Texas, .336; MiCabrera, Detroit, .328; VMartinez,
Detroit, .326; Kotchman, Tampa Bay, .323; Koner-
ko, Chicago, .316; Ellsbury, Boston, .312; Bautista,
Toronto, .312.
RUNSGranderson, New York, 122; Ellsbury,
Boston, 95; Bautista, Toronto, 94; Kinsler, Texas,
92; AdGonzalez, Boston, 90; AGordon, Kansas
City, 87; MiCabrera, Detroit, 86; Zobrist, Tampa
Bay, 86.
RBIGranderson, New York, 107; AdGonzalez,
Boston, 103; Teixeira, New York, 100; Cano, New
York, 95; Konerko, Chicago, 88; MiYoung, Texas,
87; DOrtiz, Boston, 86.
HITSAdGonzalez, Boston, 184; MiYoung, Tex-
as, 178; MeCabrera, Kansas City, 169; Ellsbury,
Boston, 166; AGordon, Kansas City, 160; Pedroia,
Boston, 158; Cano, New York, 157.
DOUBLESZobrist, Tampa Bay, 43; Francoeur,
Kansas City, 41; AGordon, Kansas City, 40; Ad-
Gonzalez, Boston, 39; MeCabrera, Kansas City,
36; MiYoung, Texas, 36; MiCabrera, Detroit, 35;
Cano, New York, 35.
TRIPLESGranderson, New York, 10; Bourjos,
Los Angeles, 9; AJackson, Detroit, 8; JWeeks,
Oakland, 8; Gardner, New York, 7; 7 tied at 6.
HOME RUNSBautista, Toronto, 38; Granderson,
New York, 38; Teixeira, New York, 35; MarRey-
nolds, Baltimore, 31; NCruz, Texas, 28; Konerko,
Chicago, 28; DOrtiz, Boston, 27.
STOLEN BASESGardner, New York, 38; Crisp,
Oakland, 37; Ellsbury, Boston, 36; RDavis, Toron-
to, 34; Andrus, Texas, 33; ISuzuki, Seattle, 33; BUp-
ton, Tampa Bay, 27.
PITCHINGVerlander, Detroit, 20-5; Sabathia,
NewYork, 17-7; Weaver, Los Angeles, 15-7; Nova,
New York, 14-4; Lester, Boston, 14-6; CWilson,
Texas, 13-6; Haren, Los Angeles, 13-7; Scherzer,
Detroit, 13-8; RRomero, Toronto, 13-9.
STRIKEOUTSVerlander, Detroit, 218; FHernan-
dez, Seattle, 195; Shields, Tampa Bay, 192; Sabath-
ia, New York, 191; Price, Tampa Bay, 184; Weaver,
Los Angeles, 168; CWilson, Texas, 165.
SAVESValverde, Detroit, 39; MaRivera, New
York, 34; League, Seattle, 31; CPerez, Cleveland,
30; Papelbon, Boston, 29; SSantos, Chicago, 27;
Walden, Los Angeles, 26.
N L L E A D E R S
BATTINGJosReyes, New York, .336;Braun, Mil-
waukee, .334;Votto, Cincinnati, .323;Kemp, Los
Angeles, .320;DanMurphy, New York, .320;Morse,
Washington, .314;Pence, Philadelphia, .312.
RUNSBraun, Milwaukee, 92;Votto, Cincinnati,
90;Pujols, St. Louis, 86;JUpton, Arizona,
86;CGonzalez, Colorado, 85;Kemp, Los Angeles,
85;Stubbs, Cincinnati, 85.
RBIFielder, Milwaukee, 102;Kemp, Los Angeles,
100;Howard, Philadelphia, 99;Tulowitzki, Colora-
do, 94;Braun, Milwaukee, 88;Votto, Cincinnati,
87;CGonzalez, Colorado, 86.
HITSSCastro, Chicago, 169;Bourn, Atlanta,
160;Kemp, Los Angeles, 158;Votto, Cincinnati,
157;Pence, Philadelphia, 154;Braun, Milwaukee,
152;Tulowitzki, Colorado, 152.
DOUBLESJUpton, Arizona, 36;Braun, Milwau-
kee, 35;Tulowitzki, Colorado, 35;Holliday, St.
Louis, 33;CaLee, Houston, 33;Beltran, San Fran-
cisco, 32;ArRamirez, Chicago, 32.
TRIPLESJosReyes, New York, 16;Victorino,
Philadelphia, 14;Fowler, Colorado, 13;SCastro,
Chicago, 8;Bourn, Atlanta, 7;SSmith, Colorado, 7;6
tied at 6.
HOME RUNSKemp, Los Angeles, 31;Pujols, St.
Louis, 31;Berkman, St. Louis, 30;Stanton, Florida,
30;Uggla, Atlanta, 30;Fielder, Milwaukee,
29;Bruce, Cincinnati, 28;Tulowitzki, Colorado, 28.
STOLENBASESBourn, Atlanta, 47;Stubbs, Cin-
cinnati, 35;Kemp, Los Angeles, 34;JosReyes, New
York, 34;Maybin, San Diego, 32;Bonifacio, Florida,
31;Braun, Milwaukee, 30.
PITCHINGIKennedy, Arizona, 17-4;Kershaw,
Los Angeles, 16-5;Halladay, Philadelphia,
15-5;Gallardo, Milwaukee, 15-8;ClLee, Philadel-
phia, 14-7;Jurrjens, Atlanta, 13-5;Greinke, Milwau-
kee, 13-5;Hamels, Philadelphia, 13-7;THudson, At-
lanta, 13-8;DHudson, Arizona, 13-9.
STRIKEOUTSKershaw, Los Angeles,
207;ClLee, Philadelphia, 191;Lincecum, San Fran-
cisco, 189;Halladay, Philadelphia,
182;AniSanchez, Florida, 168;Greinke, Milwaukee,
162;Hamels, Philadelphia, 162.
SAVESKimbrel, Atlanta, 40;Axford, Milwaukee,
40;HBell, San Diego, 35;BrWilson, San Francisco,
35;Storen, Washington, 34;Putz, Arizona,
33;LNunez, Florida, 33.
T H I S D A T E I N
B A S E B A L L
Aug. 30
1905 Ty Cobb made his major league debut, hit-
ting a double off Jack Chesbro of the New York
Highlanders in the Tigers 5-3 victory.
1910 Tom Hughes of the New York Yankees
pitched a no-hitter for 91-3 innings before giving up
a single to Harry Niles of the Cleveland Indians. The
Yankees lost 5-0, with Hughes giving up seven hits
in 11 innings.
1912 Earl Hamilton of the St. Louis Browns
pitched a 5-1 no-hitter against the Tigers at Detroit.
1916 Dutch Leonard of the Boston Red Sox
pitched a no-hitter against the St. Louis Browns for
a 4-0 victory.
1918 The New York Giants beat the Brooklyn
Dodgers 1-0 in a game that took 57 minutes to play.
1953 In the opening game of a doubleheader,
rookie JimPendleton hit three of the Braves major-
league record eight homers in a19-4 win over Pitts-
burgh. The Braves hit four more homers in the sec-
ond game, an11-5 win, to set a major-league record
for a doubleheader.
1960 Pete Runnels went 6-for-7 as the Boston
Red Sox edged the Detroit Tigers in 15 innings of a
doubleheader opener. Runnels added three hits in
the second
1966 Pete Rose homered from both sides of the
plate to lead Cincinnati to a 6-4 win over St. Louis.
1986 Tommy John, 43, and Joe Niekro, 41,
pitched a doubleheader for the New York Yankees
against Seattle to become the first 40-plus team-
mate combo to start a doubleheader since Sept. 13,
1933, when the Chicago Cubs Sad SamJones, 41,
and Red Faber, 44, pitched against the Philadel-
phia Athletics. John lost the opener and Niekro won
the second game, 3-0.
1987Minnesotas Kirby Puckett went 6-for-6with
four RBIs and connected for two homers and two
doubles to lead the Twins to a 10-6 victory over the
Milwaukee.
1999 Edgardo Alfonzo of the New York Mets
went 6-for-6 with three homers, five RBIs and a ma-
jor league record-tying six runs scored in a17-1win
over Houston.
2003 Gil Meche gave up one run on three hits in
six innings as Seattle beat Baltimore 13-1. Meche
(14-10) becamethefirst pitcher inthemajor leagues
since 1956 to win 14 games after missing the previ-
ous two seasons. He finished the year at 15-13.
2006 Curt Schilling became the 14th pitcher in
major leaguehistorytoreach3,000strikeoutswhen
he fanned Oaklands Nick Swisher in the first inning
of the Red Soxs 7-2 loss to Oakland.
2006 AdamLaRoche had three doubles, a triple
and drove in three runs to lead Atlanta past the San
Francisco 5-3.
2009 Zack Greinke pitched a one-hitter, allowing
only a second-inning single by Kenji Johjima, and
Kansas City beat Seattle 3-0.
Todays birthdays: Chris Getz 28;Sean Marshall
29;Adam Wainwright 30;Cliff Lee 33;Marlon Byrd
34.
BALTIMOREYankees third
baseman Alex Rodriguez return-
ed to New York on Monday to
have an MRI on his left thumb,
and the result came out good,
according to manager Joe Girar-
di.
Rodriguez sat out Sunday
nights game against the Balti-
more Orioles after playing in the
first half of the split-doublehead-
er. He was poised to meet the
Yankees inBostononTuesdayfor
the start of a three-game series.
Hes day to day, Girardi said.
I dont know if hell be able to
play (Tuesday). His thumb, we
got to let it heal, so I cant tell you
exactly when hes going to be
back. Its just when he feels bet-
ter.
Asked if A-Rod would be avail-
able at all in Boston, Girardi re-
plied, I sure hope so. It just de-
pends on how the thumb respon-
ds to treatment. He came back
andhe seemedtoirritate it a little
bit more, we just have tobe smart
about it. I think it bothers him
probably more hitting.
Shortstop Derek Jeter was out
of the starting lineup Monday
against the Orioles for a second
straight game. He fouled a ball of
his right knee in the third inning
of the opener Sunday and sus-
tained a bruised kneecap.
The knee swelled up between
games, andalthoughit was better
Monday, Jeter was not ready to
play a full nine innings.
A-Rod sent home
for MRI; Jeters
knee still hurts
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S P O R T S
WILKES-BARRE Wyoming
Seminary shutout Coughlin 5-0
in girls tennis action on Mon-
day afternoon as the teams
began the season.
In singles competition Nath-
alie Joanlanne defeated Jenna
Lutchko 6-1, 6-1 and Madison
Nardone defeated Jule Barry
6-0, 6-3.
Sheen Syaal and Summer
Lentini went to three games
with scores being 4-6, 6-7, 6-3
in favor of Syaal.
Doubles competition fea-
tured Jane Henry and Emma
Spath defeating Eryn Harvey
and Reba Shaffer (6-0, 6-4) and
Lena Nardone and Aldina
Seukraft secured the shutout
with victories over Julia DeMi-
ller and Becca Elmy by scores
of 6-4, 6-0.
Pittston Area 5, GAR 0
Pittston Areas Anna Podras-
ky defeated Iduku Aka-Ezoue
6-0, 6-0 in singles competition
to help spark the 5-0 shutout
win.
Miranda Warunek defeated
Anissah Bahttona 6-2, 6-0,
while Alicia Cropyak defeated
Raquel Sosa 6-3, 6-0 in singles.
In doubles competition Ali
Quinn and Haleigh Zurek de-
feated Jessica Pacheco and
Josefa Ramero (6-3, 6-2) and
Tatianna Supinski and Kitlynn
Cadowelder defeated Vanessa
Castillo and Diane Lopez by
scores of 6-3, 7-6 (8-6).
Wyoming Valley West 4,
Berwick 1
Wyoming Valley Wests Ni-
cole Henderson and Dan Pat-
terson defeated Julia Fonte and
Kenzie Gowlstone doubles
competition by scores of 6-4,
5-7, 6-4 to secure the Spartans
victory.
In the other doubles match,
Meghan Tanner and Laura
Monto defeated Whitley Cul-
ver and Delmis Machado 6-3,
7-6.
In singles competition,
Christa Talpash defeated Shea
Volkel 6-3, 6-0 while Cathy
Brynes beat Brook Warton 6-4,
6-4.
Casey Bacher notched Ber-
wicks only win over Devin
Ryman in No. 3 singles 7-5, 6-2.
MMI 5, Hanover Area 0
MMIs Gabriella Lobitz de-
feated Marsha Geiser 6-0, 6-0
to spark the shutout victory.
Devan McCarrie defeated
Elise House 6-0, 6-3 while
Englysh Handlon knocked off
Kati McManus 6-0, 6-2.
In doubles, Antonia Diener
and Stephanie Pudish defeated
Analiese Reisinger and Sara
Biller 6-0, 6-1 and Gaby Becker
and Claire Sheen beat Ga-
brielle Keating and Emily Rine-
heimer 6-3, 6-1.
Crestwood 5, Wyoming Area 0
In singles, Kristi Bowman
defeated Lisa Chihorek 6-1, 6-2
to begin the Comets victory.
Brittany Stanton defeated
Valerie Bott 6-3, 6-2 while
Melanie Kobela beat Emily
Lukasavage 6-2, 6-3.
Jenn and Melanie Snyder
knocked off Brina Platt and
Alexandria Romano in doubles
competition 6-1, 6-2 and Corey
Gallagher and Mary Kate Cout-
ler beat Alecia Pizano and
Morgan Bilbow 6-1, 6-2.
H . S . G I R L S T E N N I S R O U N D U P
BILL TARUTIS/FOR THE TIMES LEADER
Crestwoods Kristi Bowman returns the ball against Wyoming Areas Lisa Chihorek in Wyoming Valley Conference girls tennis
action in West Pittston Monday afternoon as the season kicked off. The Comets beat the Warriors 5-0.
Knights knock off Coughlin in opener
The Times Leader Staff
NORTON, Mass. Tiger
Woods will play the Frys.com
Open in California the first week
of October, his first time compet-
ing in the PGA Tours Fall Series
as he tries to get his game ready
for the Presidents Cup.
The Frys.com Open is Oct. 6-9
at CordeValle Golf Club, about 45
minutes south of his alma mater
at Stanford.
I always enjoy competing in
my home state, and this tourna-
ment fits my schedule perfectly,
Woods said Monday on his web-
site. Im looking forward to see-
ing some old friends.
Woods said a week ago he
might add a
tournament be-
cause of his lim-
ited schedule
this year
brought on by
leg injuries. He
chose a tourna-
ment from the
Fall Series that he has never
played.
The Frys.comOpen, in only its
fifth year, was one of the more ex-
citing tournaments of the Fall Se-
ries last year. Rocco Mediate
holed out for eagle in each of the
four rounds, including the 17th
hole in the final round, for a one-
shot win. It also offers a $5 mil-
lion purse, the richest among
events after the FedEx Cup is
over.
John Fry and his company
have supported the tour, and Ive
heard good things about the
event and the golf course,
Woods said. Oneof mygoals this
year was to participate in a tour-
nament I hadnt played before.
And now I will.
Woods has played only eight
PGA Tour events this year be-
cause of injuries to his left knee
and Achilles tendon. He went
four months without completing
a tournament from the Mas-
ters in April to the Bridgestone
Invitational in August so he
could make sure his injuries were
fully healed. He said at Firestone
that his legfelt as goodas it hadin
years.
His results raised questions
about his golf, however. He tied
for 37that Firestone, thenmissed
the cut at the PGA Champion-
ship, thefirst timehehadever fin-
ished outside the top100 in a ma-
jor.
When he plays the Frys.com
Open, it will be his first event in
six weeks, although Woods is to
playina one-dayexhibitioninup-
state New York on Wednesday to
support Notah Begays charity
work.
Its been a long time between
the PGAand Frys, and Ill be anx-
ious to compete, Woods said.
Fred Couples said last week he
told Woods he would be a cap-
tains pickfor the Presidents Cup,
even though he was 28th in the
standings and had been out of
golf for muchof the summer, mis-
sing two majors. Couples said he
wanted Woods to play more be-
fore the Australian Open in No-
vember, a week before the Presi-
dents Cup.
Even though there was specu-
lation about Woods going to Dis-
ney or Las Vegas two tourna-
ments he had won as a rookie
the Frys.com Open had been a
possibility all along.
The tournament consultant is
Duke Butler, a former business
executive with the PGA Tour
who had come out of retirement
in 2007 to help launch the AT&T
National, which supports Woods
foundation.
This is a good start, Butler
said. Wed like to think that play-
ers and caddies and fans who
have been here have enjoyed it,
and theyve been spreading the
word.
It likely will be the only Fall Se-
ries event that Woods plays.
He is hosting the first Tiger
Woods Invitational a week after
the Frys.com Open at Pebble
Beachtoraisemoneyfor his foun-
dation. Proceeds from the three-
dayevent ontheMontereyPenin-
sula will support college-access
programs for underprivileged
youth.
G O L F
Tiger will play in Tours Fall Series for 1st time
By DOUG FERGUSON
AP Golf Writer
Woods
CHARLOTTE, N.C. Kevin
Harvick has clinched at least a
wild-card berth in the 12-driver
Chase for the Sprint Cup cham-
pionship.
Harvick was not listed among
drivers who had clinched after
Saturday nights race at Bristol
because there are still scenarios
where he could fall outside of the
top 10 in points. Further review
MondaybyNASCARdetermined
his three victories this season
haveearnedhimat minimumone
of the two wild cards.
Kyle Busch, Jimmie Johnson,
Matt Kenseth and Carl Edwards
clinched berths on Saturday
night.
That leaves seven spots open
to be claimed over the next two
races, at Atlanta and Richmond.
Drivers wouldprefer tomake it
intotheChasebybeinginsidethe
top 10 in the standings, which
will award them bonus points
based on their regular season
victories.
The two wild cards will be
awarded to the drivers outside
the top10 with the most victories
providing they are ranked inside
the top 20 in points. The wild-
cardpositions will not receive bo-
nus points when the 12 drivers
are re-seeded for the Chase.
After Saturday nights race,
Brad Keselowski and Denny
Hamlin were in position to claim
the two wild cards. Keselowski is
ranked 11th in points with three
victories, and Hamlin is ranked
13th in points with one win. He
currently would bump12th-place
driver Clint Bowyer, who is win-
less, out of the Chase.
NASCAR said Monday that
Harvick and Jeff Gordon can
guarantee spots in the top10 this
Sunday at Atlanta with a finish of
40th; a finish of 41st and at least
onelapled; or afinishof 42ndand
the most laps led.
Ryan Newman, who is current-
ly 73 points ahead of Keselowski,
can guarantee a spot in the top10
with at least a finish of 20th at At-
lanta; or 21st andleadat least one
lap; or 22nd and lead the most
laps.
Kurt Busch, who is currently
60 points ahead of Keselowski,
can guarantee a top-10 spot with
at least a finish of seventh at At-
lanta; or eighth and lead at least
one lap; or ninth and lead the
most laps.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. is 39 points
ahead of Keselowski, and Tony
Stewart is 21 points ahead of Ke-
selowski. Both can clinch a spot
inside the top 10 by widening
their margins to 49 points over
the 11th-place driver. Both are
winless this season and in danger
of being bumped from the Chase
if they fall outside the top 10.
Keselowski, who wants the
three bonus points that are
awarded for each victory in
Chase seeding, wasnt banking
on passing Stewart for 10th place
in the standings.
N A S C A R
Race for
the Chase
heating up
Seven spots remain open with
just two races left before the
Chase for the championship.
By JENNA FRYER
AP Auto Racing Writer
when Jordan Parraz scored on
a groundout by Ray Kruml for
a 3-0 advantage.
Dellin Betances, the Yankees
No. 2 ranked pitching pros-
pect, took the hill for Scran-
ton/Wilkes-Barre in the sec-
ond game. The righty matched
Banuelos also going the dis-
tance for the Yankees, but he
didnt get any support. The of-
fense had seven hits, but
couldnt get anything across
leaving seven runners on base
and going 0-for-3 with runners
in scoring position. Chris Dick-
erson and Greg Golson com-
bined for four of the teams
hits.
Betances (0-2) threw 104
pitches, 60 of them for strikes
in the outing. He only allowed
two hits and four walks, while
fanning eight. The only dam-
age he allowed was a two-run
home run by Daniel Nava in
the top of the fourth. The oth-
er hit he gave up was a single
by Tony Thomas in the fifth.
YANKS
Continued from Page 1B
WASHINGTON(AP) For
the first time in her career, 3-
year-oldfillySeeYouAt Peelers
was not in the winners circle.
The harness racing stars 22-
racewinningstreakendedwith
a disappointing sixth-place fin-
ish in the Nadia Lobell Stakes
at The Meadows on Monday.
See You At Peelers went off
as the heavy 2-5 favorite and
jumped to the lead from the
ninthpost but couldnt holdon,
fading in the final yards as Idyl-
lic roared to victory by 3
1
4
lengths over Myluvmylife.
Swinging Beauty was third in
the1-mile race for 3-year-oldfil-
ly pacers.
Driver Marcus Johansson
says he could tell something
was wrong with See You At
Peelers but remains confident
shell bounce back.
H A R N E S S R A C I N G
See You At Peelers sees win streak end at 22
COLLEGE STATION, Texas
Texas A&M received a letter
from Big 12 Commissioner Dan
Beebe on Monday outlining the
withdrawal procedure should
the Aggies decide to leave the
league.
University spokesman Jason
Cook said the letter outlines the
withdrawal procedures accord-
ing to the financial provisions of
the Big 12 bylaws and mutual
waivers of legal claims.
Cook wouldnt provide any
other details of the letter or com-
ment on what A&Ms next step
might be.
The Aggies are interested in
joining the Southeastern Confer-
ence and the letter comes less
than a week after they formally
told Beebe they are exploring
their options and asked for the
conference to outline the process
if they decide to leave. The
leagues board of directors ad-
dressed the possible departure of
the Aggies this weekend.
I certainly appreciate the dis-
cussion among the Big 12 presi-
dents/chancellors and the ex-
pression of their desire for Texas
A&M to remain in the confer-
ence, Texas A&M President R.
Bowen Loftin said in a state-
ment. We all agree that Texas
A&M is an extremely valuable
institution; thus, it is incumbent
upon me, as the president of the
university, to ensure that we are
in a position to enhance our na-
tional visibility and future finan-
cial opportunity.
Loftin added this is a complex
and long-term decision, but it
is not our intent to prolong our
conference exploration for an ex-
tended period of time.
The SEC said earlier this
month it was happy with its cur-
rent 12-school membership but
left the door open to expansion.
Loftin then received authority
from the board of regents to take
any action he deems necessary
in terms of realignment.
There is concern that a depar-
ture by the Aggies could jeopar-
dize the future of the Big 12,
which is down to 10 teams after
Nebraska (Big Ten) and Colora-
do (Pac-12) left the league last
July. Loftin has said the Aggies
would consider how their depar-
ture would impact the future of
Big 12 before any decision is
made.
The Big 12 would need to find
a team to replace the Aggies if
they exit the conference and
there has been a lot of specula-
tion about possible schools. So
far, the only school to publicly
express interest in moving to the
Big 12 is SMU. Athletic director
Steve Orsini said hes had infor-
mal talks with Big 12 officials for
some time to inform them of the
schools improvements and
growth.
C O L L E G E F O O T B A L L
A&M gets
letter from
conference
The correspondence outlines
the procedure school must
take to leave Big 12.
By KRISTIE RIEKEN
AP Sports Writer
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N F L
IRVING, Texas Andre Gurode was
warned, just like everyone else on the
Dallas Cowboys. Under first-year coach
Jason Garrett, jobs will be won and lost
based on how players perform in camp
and preseason games, not by what
theyve done in the past.
Having made the Pro Bowl the last
five years wasnt enough for Gurode to
keep his roster spot.
The Cowboys cut the veteran center
Monday for a variety of reasons that in-
cluded his age and salary, his decision to
have knee surgery so late in the offsea-
son that it sidelined him for the start of
camp and by the performance by an un-
drafted, unproven second-year player in
Gurodes absence.
What weve said right fromDay1is it
doesnt really matter where you came
from or what youve done in the past,
Garrett said. Were going to try our best
as coaches and evaluators to see what
youre doing right nowand see what you
can do for us going forward. We try to do
that individually, wetrytodothat collec-
tively. Were not in the business of trying
tosenda message tothe rest of the team.
Were trying to make the best decision
for our team.
Still, the decision/message was clear
to everyone, fromveterans who may feel
comfortable to rookie free agents still
trying to prove themselves.
Thats the way it should be, veteran
linebacker Keith Brooking said. I think
when you can create that environment
and that message is sent throughout
your team - and its not just a message,
there are examples that run through the
team - I think thats a really good thing
for everyone. Thats what pushes you,
thats what makes you better. "
The Cowboys already had cut several
other high-priced veterans, including li-
nemen Marc Colombo and Leonard Da-
vis. By adding Gurode to the list, Tony
Romos blockers will include three inex-
perienced linemen: Phil Costa at center,
top pick Tyron Smith at right tackle and
seventh-rounder Bill Nagy at left guard.
Costa is the guy whose strong play
pushed Gurode out the door.
A hard worker as a rookie last year, he
playedinfour games andstartedonce, at
left guard. He became the first-teamcen-
ter at the start of camp because Gurode
was on the physically unable to perform
list.
Gurode got a chance toreclaimthe job
once he was healthy, moving straight to
the first team and starting the second
preseason game. But the Cowboys de-
cidedhe wasnt somuchbetter thanCos-
ta that he was worth keeping, not when
they could also save $5.5 million against
the salary cap by cutting Gurode. They
liked the idea of finding out what they
might have in a 24-year-old instead of re-
lying on a 32-year-old coming off knee
surgery.
We felt like it was best move for us
right now, Garrett said. Theres noth-
ing purposeful in saying, Weve got to
get rid of all the old guys and sign all the
youngguys. Thats not what werethink-
ing. Were just trying to make our team
as good as it can be right now.
Garretts way continues during Cowboys camp
AP PHOTO
Cowboys head coach Jason Garrett is
making players earn their starting
jobs this preseason.
Five-time pro-bowler Gurode was released Monday
By JAIME ARON
AP Pro Football Writer
ALLEN PARK, Mich. Nda-
mukong Suh is answering ques-
tions againabout his style of play.
The Detroit Lions defensive end
hasnt been asked by the one per-
sonwho concerns him.
Ill consider myself a dirty
player when my mom calls me a
dirty player, he
saidMonday.
Suhis backin
the spotlight af-
ter an incident
with Patriots li-
neman Logan
Mankins dur-
ing a post-whis-
tlescuffleinDe-
troits 34-10 preseason win Satur-
day night.
Suh pointed out that an official
saw the entire play and that they
had discussed Suhs attempt to
get Mankins awayfromtheLions
Lawrence Jackson. Suh was not
called for a penalty, while Man-
kins received a personal foul for
grabbing Jacksons face mask.
I dont regret it at all, Suh
said. What I findfunnyabout the
situation is that I wasnt the one
called for the 15-yard face-mask
penalty, and I also didnt know
you could get fined for defending
a teammate.
He said he had a great talk
about the play with the referee
who was right there.
He said in the future, I should
let them handle those situations,
but that he understood exactly
what I was trying to do, he said.
Lions coach Jim Schwartz saw
the latest incident the same way.
He was trying to get someone
off one of his teammates face
mask, Schwartz said. He didnt
get a flag and the other guy got a
flag.
Suh might see himself as a
peacemaker when it comes to his
teammates, but his motives are
totally different when it comes to
opposing quarterbacks.
The reigning NFL Defensive
Rookie of the Year was fined
$20,000 this preseason after
roughingupBengals quarterback
Andy Dalton. And he was fined
twice last year for hits on Chica-
gos Jay Cutler during the regular
season and Clevelands Jake Del-
homme ina preseasongame.
This isnt exactly an image Suh
shies away from, either.
Last year, we earned respect,
but this year we want fear, Suh
toldaCBSSports reporter during
Saturdays broadcast. We want
quarterbacks to fear us, and we
want offensive lines to fear us.
Corey Williams plays next to
Suh at defensive tackle, and he
agreed entirely with the senti-
ment.
We dont want anyone to get
comfortable against us, he said.
We hit Tom Brady a lot of times
Saturday more than hes used
togettinghit andhe didnt like
it. Thats our goal.
Suh back
in the
spotlight
Reigning Defensive Rookie of
the Year is getting notorious
for making dirty hits.
The Associated Press
Suh
PITTSBURGH Charlie
Batch and Dennis Dixon dont
have to worry about losing their
jobs anymore, even if the Pitts-
burgh Steelers backup quarter-
backs would rather have taken a
different path to a steady pay-
check.
Byron Leftwichs gruesome
broken left arm suffered in the
third quarter of a 34-16 win over
Atlanta on Saturday potentially
ended the veterans season and
gave both Batch and Dixon a re-
prieve from an unforgiving num-
bers game.
The Steelers started training
camp with four quarterbacks on
the roster, with either Batch or
Dixoncertaintobe jettisonedbe-
fore the season opener against
Baltimore on Sept. 11.
The duo has spent the last
month auditioning for the No. 3
spot behind Leftwich and Ben
Roethlisberger. Now they head
into the preseason finale on
Thursday at Carolina looking to
see who will be Roethlisbergers
understudy.
The anxiety of being cut is
gone, sure, but not the competi-
tion.
You still have to go out and
prove to Coach (Mike) Tomlin
that youre capable of being the
next guy to step in and it never
ends, Batch said. Its not going
toendat theendof thisweek... or
through the course of the sea-
son.
Tomlinis innohurrytochoose
and didnt rule out Leftwichs
eventual return. The former first-
round pick underwent surgery
onMondaymorning, lessthan48
hours after his left (non-throw-
ing) arm was pinned awkwardly
to the turf while sliding for extra
yardage against the Falcons.
Batch says it was difficult to
watchhis goodfriendwrithingin
pain as he was taken off the field.
Yet Batchalsoknowsthejobgoes
on, leaving he and Dixon in a fa-
miliar position.
Ayear ago, thetwospent camp
jockeying for position behind
Leftwich, dubbed the starter af-
ter Roethlisberger was suspend-
ed four games for violating the
NFLs personal conduct policy.
OnlyLeftwichnever madeit to
the regular season after injuring
his knee. Dixonstartedthe open-
er against Atlanta and played
well before going down a week
laterwithakneeinjuryof hisown
that eventually sent him to in-
jured reserve.
In stepped Batch, who turned
back the clock by helping keep
the team afloat until Roethlis-
berger returned.
Ayear later, the twoplayers on
opposite ends of their careers are
still going at it.
The 36-year-old Batch is sim-
ply hoping to hang on while the
25-year-old Dixon is anxious to
prove hes ready to be a starter
evenif hes well aware it will have
to happen in someplace other
than Pittsburgh.
Will Batch or Dixon claim the No. 2 spot?
AP PHOTO
Pittsburgh quarterbacks Charlie Batch, left, and Dennis Dixon will be competing on Thursday against Carolina for the right to be
Ben Roethlisbergers backup to start the season.
Backup battle begins for Steelers
By WILL GRAVES
AP Sports Writer
You still have to go out and prove to Coach
(Mike) Tomlin that youre capable of being the
next guy to step in and it never ends.
Steelers QB Charlie Batch
EASTRUTHERFORD, N.J.
The preseason bragging rights
for the New York metropolitan
area belong to the Jets, although
neither Rex Ryans team nor the
Giants have much to be happy
about.
Mark Sanchez threw a 17-yard
touchdown pass to Santonio
Holmes and the Jets capitalized
on two big special teams plays in
17-3 victory Monday night in a
preseason game delayed two
days by Hurricane Irenes devas-
tating march up the East Coast.
Bilal Powell had a 1-yard TD
run in the fourth quarter and the
Jets defense intercepted Eli
Manning twice in what probably
will be the last major warmupfor
both teams starters before the
regular season.
The Jets (2-1) will face the Ea-
gles here Thursday. The Giants
(1-2) finish their preseason at
New England, also on Thursday.
The chippy game featured the
Giants Brandon Jacobs and the
Jets Muhammad Wilkerson be-
ing ejected for a fight, a lot of pe-
nalties and enough bad plays to
make Ryanandcounterpart Tom
Coughlin concerned with the
regular season less than two
weeks away.
The banged-up Giants also
had defensive end Justin Tuck
(stinger) andlinebacker Mathias
Kiwanuka (groin) leave the
game with injuries.
The Jets didnt appear to have
any major injuries in the exhibi-
tion. They did have more big
plays in the game that was hyped
as Plaxico Burress first meeting
with the Giants since being re-
leased from prison.
Unlike a week ago when he
scored a touchdown, the Super
Bowl hero was shut out. He
didnt catch any of the three pas-
ses that Sanchez threw in his di-
rection, and he even made the
wrong call in the pregame coin
toss.
Jets beat Giants for bragging rights in one ugly game
AP PHOTO
New York Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez looks up during the
second quarter of a preseason game between the New York Jets
and the New York Giants Monday in East Rutherford, N.J.
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JETS
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GIANTS
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ENGLEWOOD, Colo. Bron-
cos coach John Fox isnt reveal-
ing his quarterback rotation for
Thursday nights preseason fi-
nale at Arizona.
Its likely Brady Quinn will get
the start with Kyle Orton sitting
this one out. Quinn has outper-
formed Tim Te-
bow all sum-
mer and didnt
play last week
against Seattle,
when Tebow
finished up
with another
inconsistent
performance.
With Quinn likely having se-
cured the job as Ortons primary
backup, the bigger question
Thursday is whether hell split
snaps with Tebow or if Adam
Weber plays.
Weber, an undrafted free agent
from Minnesota, has been im-
pressive at practice but may not
get his shot to play in the presea-
son because the Broncos would
like to slip him through waivers
onto their practice squad. Play-
ing himcould expose himto oth-
er teams and quash those plans.
Weber said he anticipates
playing a couple of series at
least, but if the Broncos decide
not to expose him, hes fine with
that.
You just cant worry about
that stuff, Weber said. My
whole focus is continuing to get
better every day and hopefully
getting a chance to go out there
and play and showthese coaches
and everybody that I can per-
form.
I only try to focus on what I
can do, and if I dont get out
there, I dont get playing time, I
try not to worry about that.
Weber said he hopes to stay in
Denver, even if that means play-
ing on the practice squad.
Denver QB
battle now
shaping up
Brady Quinn is expected to
start Thursday with Orton
penciled in as No. 1.
ARNIE STAPLETON
AP Pro Football Writer
Quinn
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2010 Record: 6-4
Key Losses: Kyle Christy
Key Players: Ryan Potuck, Sr.; Brent Christy,
Jr.; Race Sick, Jr.; Jimmy Dewitt, Jr.; Jake
Shaffer, Jr.; Sean Soltysiak, So.; Jimmy Lyons,
So.; Molly Hampsey, Fr.; Meg Wrubel, Fr.;
Brittany Sickler, Fr.; Sam Raposa, So.
Outlook: Only losing one senior from a year ago,
Tunkhannock should improve on last years
record. The Tigers have the core to pull some
upsets along the way.
Wyoming Area
Home Course: Fox Hill Country Club (Par 35)
Coach: Gordon Williams, 2nd year
2010 Record: 2-8
Key Losses: Stan Yanick
Key Players: Nick Rydzewski, Sr.; Zach
Mulhern, Jr.; Connor Mangan, Sr.; Jake Wysocki,
Jr.; Courtney Melvin, So.; Mike Carey, Jr.; Colin
Herron, So.
Outlook: One of many teams that have several
players returning from last year, the Warriors are
part of what makes the East Division such a
force. The Warriors Rydzewski is a premier
player in the conference and is someone to keep
an eye on in 2011.
Central Division
GAR
Home Course: Hollenback Golf Course (Par 36)
Coach: Chris Buzinkai, 6th year
2010 Record: 0-10
Key Losses: Chris Schiel
Key Players: Ryan Pavone, Sr.; Brian Klapat, Jr.;
Alec Niemiec, Jr.; Jeffrey Chintalla, Jr.; Tyler
Tyson, Sr.; Sean Paul Williamson, Fr.
Outlook: The Grenadiers will be trying for their
first win since 2009. There are only 10 players on
the team, but thats more than some other teams.
The team is comprised of mostly juniors and
seniors and could help GAR break into the win
column.
Hanover Area
Home Course: Wyoming Valley Country Club
(Par 35)
Coach: Brian McDermott, 2nd year
2010 Record: 2-8
Key Losses: Rob Kost, Eric Killen
Key Players: Chris Jones, Jr., Matt Kocher, Jr.;
Fred Schiel, So.; Mike Steve, So.; Steve Dokas,
Jr.; Matt Kuhl, So.; Kyle Cunard, Jr.; Dominic
Vitale, Fr.
Outlook: McDermott has 18 players on the roster
this season and many of them played throughout
the summer. The Hawkeyes have a young
nucleus with no seniors, but there is much room
for improvement from last years season and
thats very possible.
Holy Redeemer
Home Course: Wilkes-Barre Golf Club (Par 36)
Coach: Art Brunn Jr., 22nd year overall; 5th at
Holy Redeemer
2010 Record: 10-0 (North Division and WVC
Champion)
Key Losses: Mike Napkori, Donny DeRemer
Key Players: Matt Slavoski, So.; Will Fulton, Sr.;
Ryan DeRemer, Sr.; Chase Makowski, So.;
Mariano Medico, So.; Mike Boland, So.; Brian
Banas, So; John Kane, So.; John Yurkosky, So.;
Eric Jones, Sr.; Allie Banks, Sr.; Ryan Crossin,
Fr.
Outlook: Expectations for the team are sky high
both by the Royals themselves and other teams
in the conference. They claimed the league title
last year with just two seniors and have just three
seniors this season. Most of the team is under-
classmen so theres not much reasoning as to
why Redeemer cant repeat the 2010 year.
Meyers
Home Course: Wilkes-Barre Golf Club (Par 36)
Coach: Sean McLaughlin, 3rd year
2010 Record: 6-4
Key Losses: Rob Lehnart, Rob Reilly
Key Players: Tony Morrash, Sr.; Will Amesbury,
Jr.; Don Conrad, Jr.; Vito Pasone, Sr.
Outlook: The roster isnt very big for the
Mohawks, but the players who will compete saw
a lot of time last year on the team that was close
to Holy Redeemer in score for two matches. The
team will be in contention of most of its matches
this season and should come close to or surpass
the 2010 mark for wins
Northern Division
Dallas
Home Course: Irem Temple Country Club (Par
36)
Coach: Tom Kilduff, 22nd year
2010 Record: 8-3
Key Losses: Zach Yursha, Nick Zabriski
Key Players: Austin Smith, Sr.; Rudy Georgetti,
Jr.; Ryan Georgetti, So.; Nigel Stearns; Justin
Brojakowski;
Outlook: Dallas is always near the top of the
division and this season shouldnt be any
different as they have many returning players
from a year ago.
Lake-Lehman
Home Course: Huntsville Golf Club (Par 36)
Coach: Tom Motovidlak, 4th year
2010 Record: 2-9
Key Losses: Jeff Heath
Key Players: Nathan Rinehouse, Sr.; Robert Ide,
Jr.; John Butler, Jr.; Nicholas Egan, So.; Jeffrey
Carter, Jr.; Michael Murphy, Jr.
Outlook: The Black Knights could be one of
those teams that turn out to surprise some teams
when all is said and done. They play in a tough
division, but an improvement from last years
record should be an easy task. At the end of the
season, Lehman should be near the top of the
division.
Wyoming Seminary
Home Course: Huntsville Golf Club and
Applewood Golf Course (both par 36)
Coach: Tim Foran, 6th year
2010 Record: 6-5
Key Losses: Evan Leas, Ronnie Rose, Christian
Santarelli
Key Players: Frank Henry, Jr.; John Zirnheld,
So.; Gabi Coslett, So.
Outlook: According to Foran, the team will have
a rebuilding season with youth and not much
experience.
Wyoming Valley West
Home Course: Irem Temple Country Club (Par
36)
Coach: Gary Mack, 4th year
2010 Record: 10-1 (North Division Champion)
Key Losses: Nick Humphreys, Steve Brand
Key Players: Chris McCue, Jr., Colin Harrison,
Jr.; Ryan Hettes, Sr.; Chris Nixon, Jr.; Andrew
Crossin, So.; Nick Ostroski, Jr.; Leanne Dellarte,
So.; Evan Pirello, Jr.; Adam Merieski, Sr.
Outlook: Most of the team that claimed the
divisional crown in 2010 has returned for another
shot at a championship, including four starters.
The teams in the Spartans division have also
improved so the competition should be fun to
watch. Valley West should be around the top of
the division despite getting strong competition.
Brandon Matthews is already
the first three-time champion
of the Tryba Preseason Tourna-
ment.
Today, the Pittston Area star
will try to become the first
four-time winner as the ninth
annual event will be held at
Fox Hill Country Club.
Matthews, who won a PIAA
championship in 2010, is the
favorite for the event. He is
however expected to get chal-
lenged from Holy Redeemer
sophomores Chase Makowski
and Mariano Medico. Cough-
lins Shamus Gartley is a re-
turning regional qualifier and
is also expected to be near the
top of the leaderboard.
The Royals are also the fa-
vorite to claim the team title
after winning the champion-
ship last year. Redeemer pulled
out a close victory over Pitt-
ston Area to win the WVC
league title last year as well.
The Patriots should contend
with the Royals once again as
both teams have a slew of
returning talent.
There always seems to be a
few surprises in this tourna-
ment
One of them could come in
the team race from Crestwood
or Wyoming Valley West,
which are both coming off
division championships from a
year ago.
Heres a closer look at every
team in the Wyoming Valley
Conference participating in
todays tournament and the
season outlook for the partici-
pants.
Wyoming Valley Conference Golf Capsules
Southern Division
Berwick
Home Course: Berwick Country Club (Par 36)
Coach: Joe Nespoli, 11th year
2010 Record: 9-3
Key Losses: Stephen Celli
Key Players: Ben Bower, Sr.; James Gaizick,
Sr.; Mike Gensel, Sr.; Brandon Haydt, Sr.; Gary
Hunt, Sr.; Steve Kuchka, Sr.; Jake Morrison, Sr.;
Brian Bridge, Jr.; Kyle Miller, Jr.; Eric May, Jr.;
Matt Dalo, So.; Ty Morzilla, So.; Ryan Stashko,
So.
Outlook: With a roster of 25 players, Berwick is
coming off a good season and didnt lose much
from last years team. They also play at one of the
most intimidating courses in the WVC. They
should challenge Crestwood for the division title.
Crestwood
Home Course: Blue Ridge Trail Golf Club (Par
36)
Coach: Mark Jarolen, 24th year
2010 Record: 10-2 (Southern Division Cham-
pion)
Key Losses: Scott Lerman, Mark Mentrikoski,
Doug Mazonkey, Ian Richardson
Key Players: Keith Novatnak, Sr.; Joe Legg, Sr.;
Zach Ciavarella, Sr.; Jake Popowycz, Jr.;
Thomas Goyne, Jr.; Dave Supko, Jr.; Drew
Munisteri, Jr, Bill Dombroski, So.; Joe Hurn, So.
Outlook: The Comets had a successful year in
2010 coming off a league title in 2009. They have
many of last years young players returning and
could be in line for another division title.
Hazleton Area
Home Course: Sugarloaf Golf Club (Par 36)
Coach: Del Kelshaw, 17th year
2010 Record: 5-7
Key Losses: Josh Bayzick, John Medvecky,
Tom Delahanty
Key Players: Jared Piskorick, Sr.; Rich Gawel,
So.; Matt Alshefski, Sr.; T.J. Chirico, Sr.; Tyler
Rubasky, Sr.; Dave Mehalick, Jr.; Miranda Matz,
Jr.; Dylan French, Jr.; John Yeager, So.
Outlook: Piskorick is one of the top golfers in the
conference and is a three-year letterwinner for
the Cougars. The team also lost a strong senior
group from last year. But with a the experience of
Piskorick and Gawel, Hazleton Area should come
close to being better than last years record.
MMI
Home Course: Valley Country Club (Par 35)
Coach: Mike Morrison, 3rd year
2010 Record: 2-10
Key Losses: Ryan Forte
Key Players: Jeff Lotz, Jr.; Casey McCoy, Jr.;
Sean Reap, Jr.; Dominic Maduro, Jr.; Justin
Sheen, Jr.; Cassie Caldwell, Jr.; Sam Harmon,
Fr.; Emily Morrison, Fr.; Lew Dryfoos, Fr.
Outlook: Morrison and assistant coach Jeff Lotz
believe the team is turning the corner and that
they are optimistic about improving the record.
The six juniors have been playing together for
three years and are growing in experience. With
that skill, the Preppers could be primed for a
breakout season.
Nanticoke
Home Course: Edgewood in the Pines (Par
36)Coach: Nina Matzoni, 5th year
2010 Record: 0-12
Key Losses: Alex Passetti, Anthony Cardone,
Cael Evans, Jared Bartusek
Key Players: n/a Outlook: The Trojans are
coming off a down year, but with the help of
some up-and-comers, they could improve on that
mark.
Eastern Division
Coughlin
Home Course: Wilkes-Barre Golf Club (Par 36)
Coach: Mike Galli, 5th year
2010 Record: 5-5
Key Losses: Mike Goble
Key Players: Shamus Gartley, Jr.; Michael Post,
Jr.; Corey Hauser, So.; Tom Donato, Sr.; Daulton
Lentini, So.; Alex Grandersen, So.
Outlook: Only one starter was lost from last
years .500 record and optimism is running high
for the Crusaders this season. The team is still
fairly young with not many seniors, but the
underclassmen are experienced. Playing in a
tough division, the Crusaders will compete and
be near the top.
Pittston Area
Home Course: Fox Hill Country Club (Par 35)
Coach: Len Benfante, 20th year
2010 Record: 9-1 (East Division Champion)
Key Losses: None
Key Players: Brandon Matthews, Sr.; Ryan
Tracy, Jr.; Matt Carroll, Jr.; Chris Lynch, Jr.;
Calvin OBoyle, Jr.; Matt Pierantoni, Jr.; Todd
Mitchell Sr.
Outlook: The Patriots have high expectations this
season and for good reason. They had a very
successful campaign in 2010 with havent lost
any starters from that squad. They also have a
returning state champion in Matthews. Pittston
Area is the favorite for the division title and a
contender to knock off Holy Redeemer for the
league title.
Tunkhannock
Home Course: Stonehedge Golf Course, (Par
36)
Coach: Andy Neely, 6th year
H . S . G O L F
PA star going
for 4 in a row
By DAVE ROSENGRANT
drosengrant@timesleader.com
TIMES LEADER FILE PHOTO
Brandon Matthews
hams 3-4 system, Lindsey has
become the teams Panther li-
nebacker, a defensive end/line-
backer hybridwhoplays the run,
rushes the quarterback and
drops back into pass coverage.
Brandon will be the main guy
who impacts the quarterback,
Graham said. Well move him
around and make sure he adapts
comfortably to what hes doing.
Its whats required of players
from powerful Aliquippa High,
which provided a steady pipe-
line of impact players to the Pan-
thers through the years.
MikeDitka, SeanGilbert, Dar-
relle Revis and Jon Baldwin are
all among former Quips who
have thrived at Pitt before head-
ing to the NFL.
Even Heisman Trophy winner
Tony Dorsett, the schools all-
time leading rusher, grew up in
Aliquippa, though he graduated
from nearby Hopewell High.
Its hard thinking about all
the greats that have come out of
Aliquippa and living up to what
theyve accomplished, Lindsey
said. Its a lot of pressure, but it
comes with the territory, being
from there. Youre expected to
be a great athlete and make
things happen in college.
Lindsey had a pin inserted in
his left shoulder after it popped
out prior to a 23-17 loss at Notre
Dame last year, though he never
missed a game because of the in-
jury. After sitting out spring
practice and undergoing rehab
for his shoulder which Lind-
sey said hasnt bothered him
whatsoever since camp started
Lindsey has tackled his new
role head on.
Though hes still listed in the
teams media guide as a defen-
sive end, Lindsey will begin ev-
ery play standing up as op-
posed to firing out of a three-
point stance and will assume
myriad responsibilities, often
dictated by the flowof the game.
So far, linebackers coach Ran-
dall McCray said Lindseys
toughest adjustment has been
dropping into pass coverage,
something he rarely did as a de-
fensive end. McCray also said
that Lindsey has improved sig-
nificantly at reading running
backs and offensive linemen to
decipher an opposing teams
blocking scheme.
Hes starting to understand
the intricacies of the position,
McCray said, and the role hes
trying to play.
PITT
Continued from Page 1B
ranked Alexandra Dulgheru of
Romania.
Kvitova is the first reigning
Wimbledon womens champion
to lose her first match at the U.S.
Open in the same season. Only
three times had the Wimbledon
winner bowed out as early as the
third round in New York: Shara-
pova in2004, Conchita Martinez
in 1994, and Billie Jean King in
1973.
This is something new for
me, Kvitova said about her new
status as Grand Slamchampion.
Ive felt a little pressure.
She was the only seeded wom-
an to exit on Day 1 of the years
last major tournament, joined
on the way out by No. 15 Viktor
Troicki of Serbia, a 3-6, 6-3, 4-6,
7-5, 7-5 loser against Alejandro
Falla of Colombia.
At night, 2000-01 U.S. Open
champion Venus Williams
played her first match in two
months and beat 91st-ranked
Vesna Dolonts of Russia 6-4, 6-3.
Williams hit sixaces and28 total
winners against the weary Do-
lonts, who left Moscowat 4 a.m.
EDT and arrived at the Billie
Jean King National Tennis Cen-
ter at 4 p.m., after having flights
canceled Saturday and Sunday
because of Tropical StormIrene.
Mygameis built onmyserve,
and of course, I like to follow it
up with a lot of aggressive play,
said Williams, who pulled out of
recent tuneup tournaments be-
cause of a virus. Andits great to
see a lot of those balls land in.
In the days last match in Ar-
thur Ashe Stadium, 16-time ma-
jor winner Roger Federer was to
face 54th-ranked Santiago Giral-
do of Colombia.
Early winners included No. 8
Mardy Fish, who played his first
U.S. Openmatchas thetop-seed-
ed American and beat Tobias
Kamke 6-2, 6-2, 6-1; No. 9 Tomas
Berdych, the 2010 Wimbledon
runner-up; No. 13 Richard Gas-
quet; No. 22 Alexandr Dolgopo-
lov; and No. 27 Marin Cilic, who
eliminated19-year-oldAmerican
Ryan Harrison 6-2, 7-5, 7-6 (6).
This is extremely different
for me, Fish said, this feeling
coming out here and trying to
show everything you can, to
show youre the No. 1 guy, at
least for this tournament. Its
been a lot of fun.
Advancing along with Shara-
pova to the second round were
No. 2 Vera Zvonareva, a finalist
last year at Wimbledon and the
U.S. Open; 16-year-old Madison
Keys of Boca Raton, Fla. the
youngest and, at 455th, lowest-
ranked woman in the draw
who beat 37-year-old Jill Cray-
bas 6-2, 6-4; and No. 12 Agniesz-
ka Radwanska of Poland, who
beat her younger sister Urszula
Radwanska 6-2, 6-3.
But surprise 2009 U.S. Open
quarterfinalist Melanie Oudin of
Marietta, Ga., lost 6-0, 7-6 (7) to
Romina Oprandi of Italy, falling
to 9-29 in 2011.
AP PHOTO
Venus Williams serves against Vesna Dolonts during the first round of the U.S. Open tennis tour-
nament in New York, Monday.
OPEN
Continued from Page 1B
ATLANTA Former NBA
player Javaris Crittenton, who
was suspended from the league
for having guns in a locker room
with teammate Gilbert Arenas,
plans to surrender to face a mur-
der charge in a deadly Atlanta
shooting, an attorney said Mon-
day.
Crittentonwill flyfromLos An-
geles toAtlanta andshouldarrive
early Tuesday, said lawyer Brian
Steel.
He offered to turn himself in,
Steel told The Associated Press.
Hes not guilty. We look forward
to getting it to the courts.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitu-
tionfirst reportedthat Crittenton
planned to surrender in Atlanta.
Police earlier obtained a mur-
der warrant for Crittenton in the
Aug. 19 shooting of 22-year-old
Jullian Jones, a mother of four
young children. Police say Jones
was walking with two men when
she was shot andthey believe one
of the men with her was the tar-
get.
Police spokesman Carlos Cam-
pos on Friday said the motive ap-
pears to be retaliation for a rob-
bery inApril, inwhichCrittenton
was a victim.
When asked about Steels
statement that Crittenton
planned to surrender, Atlanta po-
lice didnt confirm it.
Mr. Crittenton is wanted for
murder, Sgt. Curtis Davenport
said late Monday. We will be
pleased when he is taken into our
custody in a peaceful manner.
When he was with the Wash-
ington Wizards in December
2009, Crittenton and Arenas had
a dispute over a card game on a
team flight. Two days later, Are-
nas brought four guns to the lock-
er room and set them in front of
Crittentons locker with a sign
telling him to PICK 1. Critten-
ton then took out his own gun.
Crittentonpleadedguilty inJa-
nuary 2010 to a misdemeanor
gun charge and received a year of
unsupervised probation. Arenas
entered his guilty plea on Jan. 15.
He served a short time in a half-
way house.
Steel said he was retained by
Crittentons family on Monday
morning.
B A S K E T B A L L
Lawyer:
Crittenton
to surrender
By JEFF MARTIN
Associated Press
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Home prices
Home prices are stuck at 2003
levels. The S&P/Case-Shiller
Home Price Index rose in May for
a second month, but the gains
have been tiny compared with the
drop that began in 2006. June
figures for the index arrive today.
The weak job market means fewer
people can afford homes, and
tough lending requirements are
shrinking the pool of buyers. Sales
of new homes fell in July for a third
month. Sales of previously occu-
pied homes are also weak.
Fed thinking
A lot of questions came out of the Federal Reserves Aug. 9
meeting, and economists hope for answers from the minutes
of the meeting. Among the questions: What range of policy
tools did the Fed discuss to
help the economy? How did
the Fed come up with the
mid-2013 date, through
which it pledged to keep inter-
est rates at nearly zero? While
the minutes wont provide all
the answers, the report may
include some interesting
details, Credit Suisse econo-
mists say.
Sagging confidence?
The Conference Boards monthly
survey of consumers will show how
much damage the stock markets
plunge this month has done to their
confidence about the economy.
The Dow rose or fell by 400 points
in four straight days for the first
time in its history, and the volatile
market has investors on edge.
That is combining with a weak job
market to make everyone nervous.
Economists expect the Consumer
Confidence Index to fall to its
lowest level since October.
Consumer Confidence Index
Monthly level
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55
60
65
Source: The Conference Board
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Storm cant stop stocks
Stocks rose broadly Monday, led by
insurance companies, after it became
clear that Hurricane Irene caused far
less damage than many had feared.
Trading volume, or the number of
shares bought and sold, was the lowest
since July 26 as many traders struggled
to get to work in Lower Manhattan or
were still on vacation.
Utilities companies also rose after it
became clear their storm-related ex-
penses would be lower than earlier
estimates.
An increase in consumer spending
also helped push stocks higher. The
government reported that spending
rose 0.8 percent in July. It was a sharp
turnaround from June, when Amer-
icans spent less for the first time in
nearly two years.
Obama names top adviser
President Barack Obama named
labor economist Alan Krueger to chair
the White House Council of Economic
Advisers Monday as the White House
scrambles for solutions to repair an
ailing economy ahead of the 2012 elec-
tion.
The president said he expected
Krueger, a former Treasury Depart-
ment official and Princeton economist,
to provide him with unvarnished eco-
nomic guidance, not partisan political
advice.
The announcement rounding out the
presidents economic team comes a
week ahead of Obamas highly antici-
pated announcement on a new jobs
initiative.
Treasury rates stable
The Treasury Department auctioned
$29 billion in three-month bills on
Monday at a discount rate of 0.015
percent, the same as last week. Anoth-
er $27 billion in six-month bills was
auctioned at a discount rate of 0.045
percent, also unchanged from last
week.
Separately, the Federal Reserve said
the average yield for one-year Treasury
bills, a popular index for making chang-
es in adjustable-rate mortgages, fell to
0.10 percent last week from 0.11 per-
cent.
I N B R I E F
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THE TIMES LEADER TUESDAY, AUGUST 30, 2011
timesleader.com
DOW
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WALL STREET
BLACKBERRY MAK-
ER Research In Mo-
tion has been in
trouble for the last
few years a dwin-
dling user base, an
aging brand and
slumping sales had all come togeth-
er to make a perfect storm.
After several attempts to rectify
the situation the release of a tablet
device, several slightly more flashy
phones and some tepid marketing
campaigns, Blackberry has finally
decided to throw in the towel and
call in the Droids.
Blackberry has announced that its
Playbook tablet will get a software
update that will allow the devices to
run Android applications al-
though, in an odd twist, not the
apps intended for tablet devices.
This move is intended to counter a
somewhat tepid app library and a
smaller development community
that may have been holding the
brand back.
Even though the move has been
confirmed only for the Playbook
tablet, it stands to reason theyll
incorporate the ability into their
smartphones as well.
Blackberry has had a core of dedi-
cated loyalists for years. At one
time, it was the hot high-tech de-
vice.
It offers heavily encrypted mess-
aging and email protocols that can
interface seamlessly with enterprise
email systems. Blackberrys oper-
ating system is based on QNX, an
extremely secure and stable plat-
form. Many of todays high-powered
executives came up through the
ranks with a Blackberry clutched in
their hand, and now that theyve
mastered it, they may be reluctant
to move to a new platform.
Moreover, no Apple devices, and
few that use Android offer a physical
keyboard. Those that do are seldom
as well-developed as a Blackberry.
So how will this work? Blackberry
is going to build an Android em-
ulator a program that provides an
environment for applications to run
into the Blackberry operating
system. So your Blackberry will still
have the same old
interface, it will just
be able to run An-
droid apps.
Because the apps
will be running on
an emulator, its
certainly possible there will be per-
formance issues, or that some fea-
tures wont work. But it will go a
long way toward allowing Black-
berry users to have their cake and
eat it, too. At the very least, it
should slow the erosion of Black-
berry market share somewhat.
There are a slew of new Black-
berry devices in the pipeline for
2012, so it shouldnt be long before
we see whether the strategy pays
off.
NICK DELORENZO
T E C H T A L K
IMAGE COURTESY OF
RESEARCH IN MOTION
Nick DeLorenzo is director of Interactive
and New Media for The Times Leader. Write-
himatndelorenzo@timesleader.com.
Updated Playbook tablet will be Blackberry with a touch of Droid
Some local economic observers say the
three-tenths of a percentage point in-
crease in the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre re-
gions unemployment rate from June to
July is not a cause for alarm because the
year-over-yearrateisdownandthefactors
behind the monthly rise are easily ex-
plainable and were expected.
Steven Zellers, an industry and busi-
ness analyst with the states Center for
Workforce Information&Analysis, noted
many of the July job losses were seasonal
and related to the operations of schools,
including teaching aides, cafeteria and
support staff, and bus drivers.
Most everything in (the report) is typ-
ical seasonal movement, Zellers said.
Usually it begins to improve in August
when schools go back into session.
Any time your unemployment rate
goes up, its not good news, he said, not-
ing this occurs each July. The regions 9.4
percent unemployment rateinJulyis well
below last Julys 9.8 percent.The regions
9.4 percent rate is againthe highest inthe
state.
The sluggishjobs picture has one econ-
omist concerned.
Anthony Liuzzo, director of the master
of business administration program at
Wilkes University, said he had believed
that a double-dip recession was not in
the cards. But after seeing the unemploy-
ment rate continue to rise locally and
statewide and hover around 9 percent na-
tionally, Ima little more concerned now
than I was a fewmonths ago, he said.
While the rate is better than last year,
its not as good as he was hoping for.
Liuzzo said the report tells him weve
got basically a stalled economy at this
point.
Its frustrating and disheartening, es-
peciallyfor thepeoplewhoareunemploy-
ed, Liuzzo said.
Zellers said June and July often lag be-
cause of the combination of education-re-
lated jobs being lost for the summer cou-
pled with the high school and college stu-
dents and graduates entering the work
force.
Dana Harris, a Keystone College busi-
ness professor, said the report has a big
negative, the increase in the unemploy-
ment rate, but plenty of positives, too.
Noone likes tosee the unemployment
rate go up, Harris said, but noted that
looking at the reports month-by-month
only tells a small portion of the story. She
said looking at the long-run trend is
what economists do, and when you do
that she said she sees positives.
Althoughyoure lookingat anincrease
this month compared to the month be-
fore, if you look at the long-run trend, it is
improvingfromyear-to-year, Harris said.
She said that although its not as robust
as an improvement, at least its an im-
provement.
The regions seasonally adjusted total
non-farmjobs remained unchanged in Ju-
ly fromJune at 254,000, but over the past
year, that total is up by 2,000.
Christine Jensen, the executive direc-
tor of the CareerLink in Wilkes-Barre,
said the number of people stopping in to
the CareerLink office the past month or
twohasdecreasedbut saidtheseason, not
a decrease in jobs, is the reason.
She noted there is no shortage of avail-
able jobs inthe county. She saidher office
receives notices of openings daily and
urged those who are searching to stop in.
Analysts: Area jobless rate hike no cause for panic
By ANDREWM. SEDER
aseder@timesleader.com
NEW YORK Homeowners in the
East are picking up the soggy pieces
and assessing the damage after Irene
swept through.
Thestormtouchedcommunities ina
dozen states and left an estimated $3
billion to $7 billion of mangled siding,
downed trees and worse in its wake.
If youhaddamage, the easiest wayto
begin a claim is by contacting your
agent. Insurers also have toll-free hot-
lines to accept initial filings and most
also will allow customers to start a
claim online. A number of companies
offer smartphone apps that can get the
process rolling, as well.
Start the claims process as soon as
possible.
Check your policy to make sure
youre covered for hurricane damage,
and what your hurricane deductible is.
Inareas where hurricanes are less com-
mon, deductibles can be high.
Pictures arehelpful, especiallyif they
can be compared with before photos.
Dont throwaway damaged items until
an adjuster sees them. Items that are
unsafe can be photographed and dis-
carded if necessary.
If the house cant be occupied, make
sure to keep receipts for any hotel
rooms and any associated expenses.
Insurers expect homeowners to pro-
tect their property from further dam-
age whenever possible.
Duringthis process, keepalist of any
steps youve taken and a complete list
of the supplies youve purchased.
Homeowners insurance policies
rarelycover flood-relateddamage. Inal-
most all cases, separatefloodinsurance
is required.
If you dont have flood insurance,
theremaybefederal disaster assistance
available. All of the states impacted by
Irene declared disasters, many before
the stormhit, which is required for fed-
eral help to kick in. That may come in
the formof grants or low-cost loans.
AP PHOTO
Darrell Tarte, a property estimator with Erie Insurance, surveys damage froma tree at a home in Port Republic, Md.
after Hurricane Irene Sunday. Irene left nearly a million people without power in the Mid-Atlantic region Sunday.
Help after the storm
By EILEEN AJ CONNELLY
AP Personal Finance Writer
WASHINGTONIf youreangrythat
Wall Street speculators have been driv-
ing up the price you pay for gasoline,
these same big financial investors now
are pushing up the price of your cup of
joe.
Grocery shoppers have seen whop-
ping increases this year in the price of a
can of ordinary coffee, whether its a ge-
neric store brand or better-known ones
such as Folgers and Maxwell House.
Since spring, coffee has been selling at
$7 to $8 a can in many parts of the coun-
try, or about twice the price of a gallonof
gas.
Theretail priceof coffeeinJulywas up
20.7 percent over the same month last
year, according to the Bureau of Labor
Statistics, which tracks changes in gro-
cery store prices. Big coffee marketers
have trimmed prices a bit for consumers
in recent weeks, but the price of con-
tracts for future delivery of coffee contin-
ues to rise unabated.
What gives?
Coffee-industry veterans blame finan-
cial speculators. They say theyre taking
advantage of global supply hiccups to
drive up coffee prices by adding volatil-
ity to the trading of contracts for future
delivery of coffee. Its definitely not
purely supply and demand; its way too
volatile, said Shawn Hamilton, the vice
president of operations and a veteran
coffee buyer for Java CityinSacramento,
Calif.
Experts say that global consumption
of coffee is up, particularly in China and
coffee-producing Brazil. Theres also
beena weather-relateddipinproduction
from coffee-rich Colombia.
Cup prices
for coffee are
on way up
By KEVIN G. HALL
McClatchy Newspapers
C M Y K
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StocksRecap
Christina Rexrode, Elizabeth Gramling AP
When Zipcar went
public April 14, the stock
in the car sharing
company soared nearly
75 percent from its
offering price of $18. It
traded as high as $31.50
and then began
backtracking to its
current $19 range as the
stock market went into a
correction. CEO Scott
Griffith doesnt seem
fazed. Hes focusing on
growth. Zipcar operates
in more than 60 cities in
the U.S., Canada and
Britain and wants to
further expand overseas.
Griffith says hes also
concerned about
keeping the entrepre-
neurial spirit alive in a
company that has gone
from 15 employees when
he joined it eight years
ago to 700. He spoke
with The Associated
Press recently. Some
excerpts from the
interview:
Its been four
months since Zipcar
went public. Whats the
main difference it has
made in your job?
I think the big
challenge was, How do I
add 25 percent to my
day to focus on Wall
Street and investors and
public company things?
I didnt exactly have 25
percent of my day free,
but if you have a strong
team you can offload
some of the things that
you used to do. But for
the first few months that
can be a bitter and
unnatural act.
So how do you feel
about the stock price?
The performance of
the stock has been in
lockstep with what we
had hoped for. Its not a
friendly time to be a
public company. But
were a company that
went public for all the
right reasons. It wasnt
an exit for (the
companys initial)
investors, its to supply
long-term capital for a
market that we thought
was exciting. When
youre going public for all
the right reasons, you
dont really have time to
time the market. Good
companies should be
able to go public at any
time.
What was the most
important thing you
told your workers as
the company prepared
to go public?
The biggest message
is that this is the
beginning of something
new, not the end of
something we used to
do. We distributed
options in the company,
so theyre excited by the
opportunity to grow
shareholder value and
theyve got some skin in
the game. The stock
market is causing some
anxiety and were getting
questions about that. We
tell them we need to
focus on the long term
and the rest will work
itself out.
Zipcars uneven start
ZIPCAR CEO
SCOTT GRIFFITH
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CoreOppA m 11.69 +.37 +1.6
American Beacon
LgCpVlInv 17.31 +.53 -6.6
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American Cent
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Artisan
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BlackRock
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Columbia
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LAEqS d 44.48+1.29 -16.3
Davis
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Delaware Invest
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Dodge & Cox
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Dreyfus
Apprecia 39.26 +.79 +2.8
EmgLead ... ... -18.1
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Driehaus
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Eaton Vance
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Fidelity Select
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Pharm d 12.83 +.32 +6.1
Fidelity Spartan
500IdxAdvtg 42.96+1.18 -2.5
500IdxInstl 42.96+1.18 NA
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OverseasA m 22.38 +.20 -1.2
FrankTemp-Franklin
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GrowB m 41.39+1.14 -3.3
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RisDv A m 32.91 +.85 +0.2
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FrankTemp-Mutual
Beacon Z 11.66 +.26 -5.3
Discov A m 27.34 +.57 -6.3
Discov Z 27.72 +.58 -6.1
QuestZ 16.86 +.32 -4.7
Shares A m 19.50 +.47 -5.5
Shares Z 19.69 +.48 -5.3
FrankTemp-Templeton
Fgn A m 6.43 +.12 -7.9
GlBond A m 13.77 +.04 +4.3
GlBond C m 13.80 +.05 +4.0
GlBondAdv 13.73 +.04 +4.4
Growth A m 16.74 +.36 -5.9
World A m 13.95 +.29 -6.0
Franklin Templeton
FndAllA m 9.88 +.20 -4.1
GE
S&SProg 38.47+1.07 -4.4
GMO
EmgMktsVI 12.54 +.32 -7.4
IntItVlIV 20.09 +.42 -6.2
QuIII 20.85 +.40 +4.8
QuVI 20.86 +.40 +4.9
Goldman Sachs
HiYieldIs d 6.85 +.02 -1.3
MidCapVaA m32.98+1.22 -8.1
MidCpVaIs 33.30+1.23 -7.9
Harbor
Bond 12.32 -.01 +3.1
CapApInst 36.83 +.92 +0.3
IntlInstl d 56.00+1.02 -7.5
IntlInv m 55.36+1.01 -7.7
Hartford
CapAprA m 29.88 +.92 -13.7
CapAprI 29.93 +.92 -13.6
CpApHLSIA 37.89+1.20 -10.6
DvGrHLSIA 18.69 +.50 -4.1
TRBdHLSIA 11.37 -.02 +4.6
Hussman
StratGrth d 12.65 -.10 +2.9
INVESCO
CharterA m 16.00 +.41 -1.1
ComstockA m14.80 +.44 -5.3
ConstellB m 19.74 +.53 -5.7
EqIncomeA m 8.13 +.16 -4.5
GlobEqA m 10.52 +.24 -2.0
GrowIncA m 17.85 +.50 -6.6
HiYldMuA m 9.20 ... +6.7
PacGrowB m 19.99 +.48 -10.4
Ivy
AssetStrA m 24.19 +.58 -0.9
AssetStrC m 23.39 +.56 -1.4
JPMorgan
CoreBondA m11.82 -.03 +5.2
CoreBondSelect11.82 -.02 +5.4
HighYldSel d 7.74 +.02 -1.0
IntmdTFSl 11.16 ... +5.6
ShDurBndSel 11.03 ... +1.5
USLCpCrPS 19.41 +.55 -6.1
Janus
BalT 24.53 +.36 -1.2
OverseasT d 39.20+1.38 -22.6
PerkinsMCVT 21.63 +.57 -4.2
TwentyT 60.96+1.68 -7.3
John Hancock
LifAg1 b 11.54 +.31 -6.0
LifBa1 b 12.45 +.22 -2.7
LifGr1 b 12.22 +.29 -4.8
RegBankA m 12.35 +.55 -15.6
SovInvA m 15.02 +.38 -3.9
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Lazard
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Legg Mason/Western
CrPlBdIns 11.00 -.02 +4.5
MgdMuniA m 15.81 -.01 +8.1
Longleaf Partners
LongPart 27.96 +.85 -1.1
Loomis Sayles
BondI 14.48 +.05 +5.1
BondR b 14.42 +.04 +4.8
Lord Abbett
AffiliatA m 10.32 +.32 -10.4
BondDebA m 7.55 +.03 +0.6
ShDurIncA m 4.54 ... +1.6
ShDurIncC m 4.57 ... +1.1
MFS
MAInvA m 18.53 +.49 -3.2
MAInvC m 17.88 +.46 -3.7
TotRetA m 13.85 +.21 -0.5
ValueA m 21.73 +.57 -4.1
ValueI 21.84 +.58 -3.9
Manning & Napier
WrldOppA 7.89 +.17 -8.4
Merger
Merger m 15.67 +.07 -0.7
Metropolitan West
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TotRtBd b 10.46 -.02 +3.7
Morgan Stanley Instl
MdCpGrI 37.95+1.12 +1.6
Natixis
InvBndY 12.46 -.01 +5.8
StratIncA m 14.91 +.09 +4.4
StratIncC m 14.99 +.09 +3.9
Neuberger Berman
GenesisIs 47.03+1.65 +2.3
GenesisTr 48.66+1.71 +2.1
SmCpGrInv 17.64 +.73 -1.3
Northern
HYFixInc d 6.97 +.01 +0.2
MMIntlEq d 9.03 +.18 -9.2
Oakmark
EqIncI 27.18 +.52 -2.0
Intl I d 17.01 +.36 -12.4
Oakmark I d 40.18+1.08 -2.7
Old Westbury
GlbSmMdCp 14.35 +.39 -5.5
Oppenheimer
CapApB m 37.04 +.98 -3.8
DevMktA m 32.13 +.76 -11.9
DevMktY 31.85 +.76 -11.7
GlobA m 56.47+1.45 -6.5
IntlBondA m 6.77 +.02 +5.8
IntlBondY 6.77 +.02 +6.0
MainStrA m 30.65 +.85 -5.4
RocMuniA m 15.50 -.01 +6.0
RochNtlMu m 6.85 +.01 +8.7
StrIncA m 4.21 +.01 +2.2
PIMCO
AllAssetI 12.24 +.06 +3.1
AllAuthIn 10.83 +.04 +4.2
ComRlRStI 9.01 -.01 +4.9
DivIncInst 11.30 +.01 +2.5
EMktCurI 10.89 +.03 +3.9
HiYldIs 8.85 +.03 -0.2
InvGrdIns 10.55 -.02 +4.2
LowDrA m 10.42 ... +1.5
LowDrIs 10.42 ... +1.8
RealRet 12.02 -.06 +8.9
RealRtnA m 12.02 -.06 +8.6
ShtTermIs 9.81 ... +0.3
TotRetA m 10.96 -.01 +2.9
TotRetAdm b 10.96 -.01 +3.0
TotRetC m 10.96 -.01 +2.4
TotRetIs 10.96 -.01 +3.2
TotRetrnD b 10.96 -.01 +3.0
TotlRetnP 10.96 -.01 +3.1
Permanent
Portfolio 49.25 +.29 +7.5
Pioneer
PioneerA m 38.04+1.01 -6.8
Principal
L/T2020I 11.44 +.21 -1.9
SAMConGrB m12.65+.29 -3.6
Prudential Investmen
2020FocA m 15.68 +.47 -1.3
BlendA m 16.50 +.54 -4.1
EqOppA m 13.39 +.43 -3.5
HiYieldA m 5.29 +.01 +0.8
IntlEqtyA m 5.78 +.11 -6.6
IntlValA m 18.80 +.35 -8.7
JenMidCapGrA m27.11+.85 -1.0
JennGrA m 18.07 +.46 +0.1
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SmallCoA m 19.21 +.77 -5.4
UtilityA m 10.39 +.23 +2.6
ValueA m 13.86 +.46 -5.9
Putnam
GrowIncA m 12.03 ... -10.8
GrowIncB m 11.81 ... -11.2
IncomeA m 6.86 -.02 +5.3
VoyagerA m 19.40 ... -18.2
Royce
LowStkSer m 16.81 +.49 -7.9
OpportInv d 10.42 +.56 -13.7
PAMutInv d 11.10 +.41 -4.7
PremierInv d 20.23 +.68 -0.6
TotRetInv d 12.60 +.44 -3.9
ValPlSvc m 12.41 +.45 -7.5
Schwab
1000Inv d 36.08+1.04 -3.0
S&P500Sel d 19.07 +.52 -2.6
Scout
Interntl d 29.60 +.68 -8.1
Selected
American D 38.72 +.94 -6.5
Sequoia
Sequoia 137.59+3.08 +6.4
T Rowe Price
BlChpGr 38.00+1.06 -0.3
CapApprec 19.97 +.42 -1.7
DivGrow 22.24 +.58 -2.1
DivrSmCap d 15.51 +.64 -2.0
EmMktStk d 31.38 +.79 -11.1
EqIndex d 32.69 +.90 -2.7
EqtyInc 22.28 +.63 -5.2
FinSer 11.98 +.45 -15.5
GrowStk 31.31 +.89 -2.6
HealthSci 32.08+1.06 +5.9
HiYield d 6.42 +.02 -0.7
IntlBnd d 10.60 ... +8.3
IntlDisc d 41.28 +.67 -5.9
IntlGrInc d 12.35 +.24 -7.2
IntlStk d 13.09 +.29 -8.0
IntlStkAd m 13.04 +.29 -8.0
LatinAm d 47.57+1.45 -16.1
MediaTele 52.20+1.33 +0.9
MidCapVa 22.28 +.73 -6.0
MidCpGr 56.20+1.79 -4.0
NewAmGro 32.12 +.91 -2.6
NewAsia d 18.16 +.39 -5.3
NewEra 47.53+1.43 -8.9
NewHoriz 33.86+1.28 +1.1
NewIncome 9.65 -.02 +4.0
OrseaStk d 7.85 +.16 -5.9
R2015 11.74 +.21 -1.3
R2025 11.72 +.26 -2.7
R2035 11.77 +.30 -3.8
Rtmt2010 15.26 +.23 -0.5
Rtmt2020 16.10 +.32 -2.1
Rtmt2030 16.71 +.40 -3.3
Rtmt2040 16.72 +.43 -4.0
ShTmBond 4.85 ... +1.5
SmCpStk 32.87+1.44 -4.5
SmCpVal d 34.37+1.39 -4.9
SpecInc 12.34 +.05 +2.5
TaxFHiYld d 10.67 ... +6.2
Value 22.05 +.66 -5.5
ValueAd b 21.80 +.65 -5.7
Templeton
InFEqSeS 18.35 +.33 -8.5
Third Avenue
Value d 45.92 +.91 -11.3
Thornburg
IncBldC m 18.20 +.28 -1.3
IntlValA m 25.27 +.33 -9.3
IntlValI d 25.84 +.34 -9.0
Tweedy Browne
GlobVal d 22.44 +.36 -5.8
VALIC Co I
StockIdx 24.13 +.67 -2.7
Vanguard
500Adml 111.84+3.09 -2.5
500Inv 111.82+3.09 -2.6
AssetA 23.48 +.55 -3.4
BalIdxAdm 21.30 +.37 +0.7
BalIdxIns 21.31 +.38 +0.8
CAITAdml 11.15 -.01 +6.8
CapOp d 30.46 +.92 -8.4
CapOpAdml d70.39+2.14 -8.3
CapVal 9.68 +.40 -12.2
Convrt d 12.43 +.22 -5.9
DevMktIdx d 9.29 +.18 -7.7
DivGr 14.44 +.32 +1.4
EmMktIAdm d35.57+1.03 -10.8
EnergyAdm d118.41+3.31 -2.1
EnergyInv d 63.05+1.77 -2.1
ExplAdml 64.56+2.70 -4.8
Explr 69.31+2.90 -4.9
ExtdIdAdm 39.13+1.61 -5.2
ExtdIdIst 39.13+1.61 -5.2
FAWeUSIns d86.22+1.88 -8.1
GNMA 11.12 -.01 +5.8
GNMAAdml 11.12 -.01 +5.8
GlbEq 16.72 +.42 -6.4
GrowthEq 10.60 +.29 -1.8
GrthIdAdm 30.95 +.83 -1.5
GrthIstId 30.95 +.83 -1.5
HYCor d 5.54 +.01 +1.8
HYCorAdml d 5.54 +.01 +1.9
HltCrAdml d 55.19+1.06 +7.7
HlthCare d 130.75+2.50 +7.6
ITBondAdm 11.78 -.05 +8.2
ITGradeAd 10.07 -.03 +5.6
ITIGrade 10.07 -.03 +5.5
ITrsyAdml 12.03 -.04 +7.8
InfPrtAdm 27.59 -.14 +10.3
InfPrtI 11.24 -.05 +10.3
InflaPro 14.04 -.08 +10.2
InstIdxI 111.08+3.06 -2.5
InstPlus 111.09+3.07 -2.5
InstTStPl 27.47 +.82 -3.0
IntlExpIn d 14.78 +.30 -11.3
IntlGr d 17.88 +.38 -7.5
IntlGrAdm d 56.92+1.22 -7.5
IntlStkIdxAdm d24.18+.52 -8.2
IntlStkIdxI d 96.74+2.08 -8.2
IntlVal d 28.79 +.58 -10.5
LTGradeAd 9.79 -.09 +8.8
LTInvGr 9.79 -.09 +8.7
LifeCon 16.22 +.19 +0.1
LifeGro 21.20 +.48 -3.3
LifeMod 19.18 +.32 -1.2
MidCapGr 18.55 +.63 -2.4
MidCp 19.46 +.69 -4.2
MidCpAdml 88.42+3.16 -4.1
MidCpIst 19.53 +.70 -4.1
MidCpSgl 27.90+1.00 -4.1
Morg 17.34 +.52 -3.8
MuHYAdml 10.48 ... +7.0
MuInt 13.79 ... +6.5
MuIntAdml 13.79 ... +6.6
MuLTAdml 11.10 ... +7.0
MuLtdAdml 11.16 ... +3.0
MuShtAdml 15.95 ... +1.5
PrecMtls d 25.98 +.65 -2.7
Prmcp d 62.84+1.75 -4.5
PrmcpAdml d 65.23+1.81 -4.5
PrmcpCorI d 13.29 +.37 -3.5
REITIdx d 18.88 +.60 +4.3
REITIdxAd d 80.59+2.59 +4.4
STBond 10.70 ... +2.8
STBondAdm 10.70 ... +2.8
STBondSgl 10.70 ... +2.8
STCor 10.72 ... +1.8
STGradeAd 10.72 ... +1.8
STsryAdml 10.85 ... +2.1
SelValu d 18.05 +.59 -3.8
SmCapIdx 32.81+1.42 -5.6
SmCpIdAdm 32.87+1.42 -5.5
SmCpIdIst 32.87+1.42 -5.5
SmGthIdx 21.08 +.91 -3.8
SmGthIst 21.14 +.92 -3.7
SmValIdx 14.83 +.65 -7.4
Star 18.69 +.31 -1.1
StratgcEq 18.13 +.70 -1.0
TgtRe2010 22.65 +.27 +1.5
TgtRe2015 12.42 +.18 0.0
TgtRe2020 21.90 +.39 -0.9
TgtRe2030 21.15 +.47 -2.4
TgtRe2035 12.66 +.30 -3.3
TgtRe2040 20.75 +.51 -3.5
TgtRe2045 13.03 +.32 -3.5
TgtRetInc 11.50 +.08 +3.2
Tgtet2025 12.40 +.24 -1.7
TotBdAdml 10.93 -.03 +5.4
TotBdInst 10.93 -.03 +5.4
TotBdMkInv 10.93 -.03 +5.3
TotBdMkSig 10.93 -.03 +5.4
TotIntl d 14.45 +.31 -8.3
TotStIAdm 30.37 +.91 -3.0
TotStIIns 30.37 +.91 -3.0
TotStISig 29.31 +.88 -3.0
TotStIdx 30.36 +.92 -3.0
TxMCapAdm 60.84+1.76 -2.7
TxMIntlAdm d10.69 +.20 -7.7
TxMSCAdm 26.06+1.14 -4.1
USValue 9.93 +.30 -1.7
ValIdxIns 19.76 +.59 -3.8
WellsI 22.26 +.15 +4.4
WellsIAdm 53.93 +.35 +4.5
Welltn 30.51 +.50 -0.5
WelltnAdm 52.69 +.86 -0.5
WndsIIAdm 43.75+1.24 -2.9
Wndsr 12.41 +.39 -7.5
WndsrAdml 41.88+1.32 -7.5
WndsrII 24.65 +.70 -3.0
Yacktman
Yacktman d 17.15 +.41 +3.7
YTD
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Combined Stocks
ABB Ltd 20.74 +.56 -7.6
ACE Ltd 64.71 +2.31 +4.0
AEP Ind 26.15 +.62 +.8
AES Corp 10.87 +.52 -10.8
AFLAC 37.29 +1.75 -33.9
AGL Res 41.43 +.92 +15.6
AK Steel 9.10 +.52 -44.4
AMR 3.54 +.28 -54.6
AOL 15.10 +.68 -36.3
ASM Intl 26.60 +.73 -24.0
AT&T Inc 29.26 +.22 -.4
AU Optron 4.56 +.32 -56.2
AbtLab 51.21 +1.06 +6.9
AberFitc 63.45 +4.24 +10.1
AcadiaRlt 21.35 +.63 +17.1
Accenture 52.96 +1.36 +9.2
ActionSemi 1.92 -.02 -10.7
ActivsBliz 11.61 +.33 -6.7
AdamsEx 10.02 +.29 -6.7
AdobeSy 25.52 +.98 -17.1
AMD 6.83 +.34 -16.5
Aetna 39.16 +.93 +28.4
Agilent 36.72 +1.85 -11.4
AkamaiT 21.62 +.98 -54.0
AlcatelLuc 3.62 +.16 +22.3
Alcoa 12.42 +.56 -19.3
AlignTech 19.36 +1.02 -.9
Allergan 79.60 +1.49 +15.9
AlliBInco 8.01 +.01 +1.0
AlliantEgy 40.34 +.87 +9.7
Allstate 26.30 +2.06 -17.5
AlphaNRs 34.91 +1.64 -41.8
AlteraCp lf 37.46 +1.16 +5.3
Altria 26.78 +.48 +8.8
AmBev s 34.33 +1.03 +10.6
Amazon 206.53 +7.26 +14.7
Ameren 29.94 +.74 +6.2
AMovilL s 24.24 +.53 -15.5
AMovilA s 24.03 +.45 -15.9
AmAxle 9.14 +.95 -28.9
ACapAgy 28.60 +.54 -.5
AmCapLtd 8.70 +.55 +15.1
AEagleOut 10.89 +.52 -25.6
AEP 38.25 +.69 +6.3
AmExp 48.55 +.07 +13.1
AmIntlGrp 25.00 +1.74 -48.2
AmSupr 6.99 +.59 -75.6
AmTower 52.24 +.38 +1.2
AmWtrWks 29.49 +.47 +16.6
Ameriprise 45.54 +2.09 -20.9
Ametek s 38.19 +1.29 -2.7
Amgen 54.79 +.71 -.2
Anadarko 71.75 +2.48 -5.8
AnalogDev 33.12 +.74 -12.1
Annaly 17.71 +.11 -1.2
Apple Inc 389.97 +6.39 +20.9
ApldMatl 11.39 +.41 -19.0
Arbitron 36.74 +1.85 -11.5
ArcelorMit 21.12 +.95 -44.6
ArchCoal 20.27 +1.28 -42.2
AriadP 9.86 +.61 +93.3
ArmHld 26.84 +.56 +29.4
ArubaNet 21.43 +.88 +2.6
AssuredG 13.96 +.77 -21.1
AstraZen 46.90 +.94 +1.5
Atmel 9.20 +.19 -25.3
ATMOS 33.04 +.79 +5.9
AuRico g 11.35 -2.57 +38.6
Autodesk 28.05 +1.42 -26.6
AutoData 49.40 +.72 +6.7
AvanirPhm 3.00 +.37 -26.5
AveryD 28.80 +1.38 -32.0
Avon 22.04 +.36 -24.2
BB&T Cp 21.74 +1.00 -17.3
BHP BillLt 84.63 +2.67 -8.9
BJs Whls 50.66 +.32 +5.8
BP PLC 39.25 +1.06 -11.1
BP Pru 110.23 +.90 -12.9
Baidu 143.30 +3.60 +48.5
BakrHu 58.79 +2.20 +2.8
BallardPw 1.38 +.03 -8.0
BallyTech 31.78 +1.22 -24.7
BcoBrades 17.27 +.48 -14.9
BcoSantSA 9.05 +.26 -15.0
BcoSBrasil 9.18 +.33 -32.5
BkHawaii 40.88 +.72 -13.4
BkIrelnd 1.26 +.04 -52.5
BkAtl A h .76 +.04 -33.8
Barclay 10.87 +.67 -34.2
Bar iPVix rs 38.50 -2.57 +2.4
BarnesNob 11.43 +.20 -19.2
BarrickG 50.21 -.70 -5.6
Baxter 55.28 +1.55 +9.2
BeazerHm 1.97 +.14 -63.5
BedBath 56.99 +2.09 +16.0
BerkHa A 109340 +4576 -9.2
BerkH B 72.60 +2.76 -9.4
BestBuy 25.43 +.64 -25.8
BigLots 33.73 +.92 +10.7
BioRadA 101.12 +2.31 -2.6
BioSante 2.61 +.25 +59.1
Blackstone 13.07 +.75 -7.6
BlockHR 14.95 +.99 +25.5
Boeing 64.60 +1.80 -1.0
Boise Inc 6.17 +.47 -22.2
BostonSci 6.64 +.27 -12.3
BoydGm 5.96 +.46 -43.8
BrigExp 28.61 +.96 +5.0
BrMySq 29.29 +.57 +10.6
Broadcom 34.86 +.95 -20.0
BrcdeCm 3.85 +.20 -27.2
BrkfldOfPr 16.63 +.49 -5.1
Buckeye 62.14 +.69 -7.0
CA Inc 20.65 +.73 -15.5
CB REllis 14.88 +.71 -27.3
CBS B 24.47 +1.30 +28.5
CF Inds 188.60 +8.25 +39.5
CH Engy 57.06 +1.34 +16.7
CMS Eng 19.63 +.40 +5.5
CNO Fincl 6.47 +.46 -4.6
CSS Inds 17.83 +1.45 -13.5
CSX s 21.80 +.47 +1.2
CVR Engy 28.13 +1.03 +85.3
CblvsNY s 18.01 +.66 -23.9
Cadence 9.26 +.39 +12.1
CalaStrTR 8.73 +.25 -5.7
Cameron 50.58 +1.82 -.3
CampSp 31.71 +.79 -8.7
CapOne 45.39 +1.16 +6.6
CapitlSrce 6.12 +.22 -13.8
CapsteadM 13.16 +.29 +4.5
CpstnTrb h 1.20 +.07 +25.0
CarMax 27.59 +1.46 -13.5
Carnival 32.95 +2.04 -28.5
Caterpillar 88.15 +2.99 -5.9
CedarF 18.75 +.98 +23.7
CelSci .40 +.02 -51.2
Celgene 58.28 +.98 -1.5
CellTher rsh 1.18 +.04 -46.1
Cemex 5.34 +.34 -48.1
CenterPnt 19.83 +.28 +26.1
CentEuro 8.20 +2.73 -64.2
CVtPS 34.83 -.01 +59.3
CntryLink 35.42 +.98 -23.3
Cephln 80.64 +.01 +30.7
ChrmSh 3.05 +.08 -14.1
Checkpnt 15.75 +.67 -23.4
Cheesecake27.91 +1.12 -9.0
ChesEng 31.77 +1.25 +22.6
Chevron 98.74 +1.89 +8.2
Chicos 13.93 +.53 +15.8
Chimera 3.08 +.09 -25.1
Chubb 62.10 +2.72 +4.1
ChurchD s 43.04 +.61 +24.7
CIBER 3.19 +.18 -31.8
CienaCorp 12.13 +1.35 -42.4
Cisco 15.74 +.42 -22.2
Citigrp rs 31.29 +1.45 -33.8
CitrixSys 57.73 +2.52 -15.6
Clearwire 2.81 +.11 -45.4
CliffsNRs 81.22 +4.62 +4.1
Clorox 68.63 +1.49 +8.5
Coach 55.87 +1.11 +1.0
CognizTech 63.06 +2.22 -14.0
ColgPal 89.77 +1.93 +11.7
CollctvBrd 13.36 +.66 -36.7
Comc spcl 20.98 +.61 +1.3
Comerica 25.22 +1.21 -40.3
CmtyHlt 20.65 +1.26 -44.7
CompSci 30.39 +1.56 -38.7
ConAgra 24.41 +.50 +8.1
ConnWtrSv 27.82 +1.41 -.2
ConocPhil 67.78 +2.27 -.5
ConsolEngy44.72 +1.31 -8.2
ConEd 56.33 +.74 +13.6
ConsolWtr 8.36 +.32 -8.8
ConstellEn 38.12 +1.36 +24.5
CooperTire 12.19 +.67 -48.3
CorinthC 1.87 -.02 -64.1
CornPdts 47.42 +1.60 +3.1
Corning 15.09 +.77 -21.9
Costco 77.79 +.58 +7.7
Covidien 52.00 +1.41 +13.9
CSVelIVSt s 7.98 +.46 -33.2
Cree Inc 31.47 +1.85 -52.2
CrownHold 34.75 +1.18 +4.1
Cummins 90.46 +2.99 -17.8
CybrOpt 8.52 +.14 -.2
CypSemi 16.50 +.51 -11.2
DCT Indl 4.49 +.27 -15.4
DNP Selct 9.86 -.02 +7.9
DR Horton 10.32 +.64 -13.5
DTE 50.26 +.89 +10.9
DanaHldg 12.77 +1.02 -25.8
Danaher 44.27 +1.38 -6.1
Darden 47.67 +1.83 +2.6
Deere 78.91 +2.88 -5.0
Dell Inc 14.97 +.28 +10.5
DeltaAir 7.50 +.38 -40.5
DenburyR 15.35 +.86 -19.6
Dndreon 12.25 +.38 -64.9
DeutschBk 40.50 +2.33 -22.2
DBGoldDS 4.63 +.27 -42.0
DevelDiv 11.99 +.64 -14.9
DevonE 66.01 +1.63 -15.9
Diageo 79.78 +1.93 +7.3
DiaOffs 64.24 +2.75 -3.9
Diebold 27.95 +.98 -12.8
DirecTV A 43.57 +1.06 +9.1
DrSCBr rs 40.75 -6.84 -13.0
DirFnBr rs 52.26 -6.90 +10.6
DirLCBr rs 39.46 -3.79 -10.0
DrxEMBull 23.36 +2.08 -43.5
DrxEnBear 16.67 -1.61 -26.1
DrxFnBull 15.36 +1.62 -44.8
DirxSCBull 48.55 +6.08 -33.0
DirxLCBull 58.44 +4.69 -18.3
DirxEnBull 48.17 +3.96 -17.6
Discover 25.11 +.32 +35.5
Disney 33.16 +.76 -11.6
DollarGen 33.79 +1.24 +10.2
DollarTree 73.82 +3.36 +31.6
DomRescs 48.97 +.51 +14.6
DonlleyRR 14.89 +.66 -14.8
Dover 56.28 +2.21 -3.7
DowChm 28.31 +1.49 -17.1
DresserR 42.61 +5.10 0.0
DryShips 3.09 +.36 -43.7
DuPont 47.50 +1.41 -4.8
DukeEngy 18.77 +.21 +5.4
DukeRlty 11.85 +.81 -4.9
Dycom 18.42 +1.12 +24.9
E-Trade 11.42 +.60 -28.6
eBay 30.49 +1.03 +9.6
EMC Cp 22.23 +.62 -2.9
ENI 39.28 +1.24 -10.2
Eastgrp 39.54 +1.56 -6.6
EKodak 3.04 +.17 -43.3
Eaton s 42.10 +1.87 -17.1
Ecolab 52.41 +1.61 +3.9
ElPasoCp 18.91 +.72 +37.4
ElPasoEl 35.06 +.85 +27.4
EldorGld g 19.33 -.17 +4.1
ElectArts 22.28 +.78 +36.0
EmersonEl 46.88 +1.47 -18.0
EnbrEPt s 27.79 +.62 -10.9
EnCana g 24.65 +.33 -15.4
EndvSilv g 11.60 +.12 +58.0
Energen 48.02 +2.23 -.5
Energizer 75.43 +.43 +3.5
EngyConv .77 +.02 -83.3
EngyTsfr 44.54 +.87 -14.0
Entergy 64.63 +2.20 -8.8
EntPrPt 41.30 +.71 -.7
EnzoBio 3.01 +.12 -43.0
EricsnTel 11.15 +.38 -3.3
ExcoRes 13.20 +.80 -32.0
Exelon 42.95 +.94 +3.1
Expedia 29.26 +1.23 +16.6
ExpScripts 46.94 +1.55 -13.2
ExxonMbl 74.12 +1.48 +1.4
F5 Netwks 78.72 +3.23 -39.5
FMC Tch s 43.49 +1.85 -2.2
Fastenal s 33.01 +.84 +10.2
FedExCp 78.75 +3.03 -15.3
FelCor 2.75 +.18 -60.9
FifthThird 10.51 +.46 -28.4
Finisar 18.08 +1.27 -39.1
FstHorizon 7.29 +.49 -38.1
FstNiagara 10.64 +.51 -23.9
FirstEngy 43.58 +1.05 +17.7
Flextrn 5.80 +.31 -26.1
Fonar 1.80 +.02 +38.5
FootLockr 20.76 +.45 +5.8
FordM 10.93 +.53 -34.9
ForestOil 18.80 +.96 -50.5
FortuneBr 56.23 +1.46 -6.7
FMCG s 45.81 +1.28 -23.7
FDelMnt 24.21 +.54 -3.0
FrontierCm 7.40 +.18 -23.9
Frontline 6.71 +.23 -73.6
FuelCell 1.23 +.08 -46.8
FultonFncl 9.33 +.72 -9.8
GT AdvTc 12.27 +.88 +34.5
GabDvInc 14.95 +.31 -2.7
GabelliET 5.33 +.19 -6.0
Gafisa SA 9.18 +.33 -36.8
GameStop 23.10 +.32 +1.0
Gannett 11.56 +.87 -23.4
Gap 16.74 +.46 -24.0
GenElec 16.04 +.50 -12.3
GenGrPr n 13.82 +.78 -10.7
GenMills 37.55 +.87 +5.5
GenMot n 23.79 +.92 -35.5
GenOn En 2.97 +.11 -22.0
Gentex 26.34 +1.04 -10.9
GenuPrt 54.31 +1.52 +5.8
Genworth 7.03 +.52 -46.5
Gerdau 8.55 +.28 -38.9
GiantIntac 7.80 -.70 +9.6
GileadSci 39.79 +1.06 +9.8
GlaxoSKln 42.77 +.86 +9.1
GlimchRt 8.52 +.53 +1.4
GoldFLtd 16.28 ... -10.2
Goldcrp g 51.55 -.42 +12.1
GoldStr g 2.41 +.02 -47.5
GoldmanS 116.07 +4.32 -31.0
Goodyear 12.51 +.70 +5.6
Google 539.08+12.22 -9.2
Gramrcy lf 2.84 +.03 +22.9
GreenMtC 98.71 +.80+200.4
Greif A 55.69 +2.34 -10.0
GpoTMM 1.77 +.03 -29.1
HCP Inc 36.73 +.98 -.2
HSBC 42.63 +1.17 -16.5
Hallibrtn 42.81 +1.35 +4.8
HanJS 15.04 +.10 -.4
HarleyD 37.46 +2.22 +8.0
HarmonyG 13.02 -.24 +3.8
HarrisCorp 39.63 +1.94 -12.5
Harsco 22.53 +1.20 -20.4
HartfdFn 19.42 +2.23 -26.7
HawaiiEl 24.08 +.63 +5.7
HltMgmt 7.74 +.40 -18.9
Heckmann 5.66 +.10 +12.5
HeclaM 7.73 +.05 -31.3
HercOffsh 3.97 +.22 +14.1
Hersha 3.73 +.04 -43.5
Hertz 10.84 +.78 -25.2
Hess 58.59 +2.89 -23.5
HewlettP 26.12 +1.30 -38.0
HomeDp 33.99 -.01 -3.1
HonwllIntl 47.00 +1.52 -11.6
Hospira 45.76 +1.26 -17.8
HostHotls 11.31 +.69 -36.7
HudsCity 6.21 +.29 -51.3
HumGen 13.13 +.50 -45.0
HuntBnk 5.12 +.22 -25.5
Huntsmn 13.19 +.92 -15.5
Hydrognc 5.66 +.05 +50.5
ING 8.31 +.33 -15.1
INGPrRTr 5.12 +.08 -10.0
iShGold 17.44 -.36 +25.5
iSAstla 24.14 +.67 -5.1
iShBraz 63.25 +1.93 -18.3
iSCan 29.29 +.59 -5.5
iShGer 20.88 +.56 -12.8
iSh HK 17.32 +.32 -8.5
iShJapn 9.72 +.13 -11.0
iSh Kor 55.30 +2.24 -9.6
iSMalas 14.14 +.16 -1.7
iShSing 12.78 +.26 -7.8
iSTaiwn 13.54 +.37 -13.3
iSh UK 16.18 +.41 -6.9
iShSilver 39.72 -.69 +31.6
iShChina25 37.97 +1.01 -11.9
iSSP500 121.79 +3.37 -3.5
iShEMkts 41.83 +1.31 -12.2
iShB20 T 106.99 -1.50 +13.7
iS Eafe 52.92 +1.23 -9.1
iShR2K 72.38 +3.27 -7.5
iShREst 56.39 +1.74 +.8
ITT Corp 45.80 +1.39 -12.1
ITW 46.45 +1.66 -13.0
Informat 43.70 +2.06 -.7
Infosys 51.34 +2.93 -32.5
IngerRd 32.56 +1.00 -30.9
InglesMkts 15.72 +1.37 -18.1
Intel 20.30 +.53 -3.5
IBM 172.62 +3.48 +17.6
IntlGame 15.42 +.74 -12.8
IntPap 26.77 +1.09 -1.7
Interpublic 8.66 +.58 -18.5
Intersil 11.13 +.48 -27.1
Intuit 48.40 +1.84 -1.8
Invesco 18.11 +1.03 -24.7
InvMtgCap 17.65 +.57 -19.2
ItauUnibH 17.49 +.55 -26.8
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The nations largest bank is selling
half of its stake in Chinese bank
China Construction Bank to raise
cash.
A blood thinner from the biopharma-
ceutical company and Bristol-Myers
reduced major bleeding in clinical
trials.
A report found that rootworms are
developing resistance to a natural
pesticide that the seed and farm
chemical company makes.
Stocks rose sharply Monday on relief that Hurri-
cane Irene did far less damage than feared. Insur-
ance stocks were some of the biggest gainers.
Utilities also rose on relief about storm damage.
The Dow rose 254.71, or 2.3 percent, to
11,539.25. The S&P 500 rose 33.28, or 2.8 per-
cent, to 1,210.08. The Nasdaq rose 82.26, or 3.3
percent, to 2,562.11. Bank of America rose after
saying it will sell part of its stake in China Con-
struction Bank.
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$15.79 $21.45
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$147.3 b
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51.50 36.76 Amerigas APU 2.96 43.30 +.68 -11.3
23.79 19.28 AquaAm WTR .66 22.27 +.65 -.9
38.02 26.00 ArchDan ADM .64 28.74 +.94 -4.5
306.00 209.53 AutoZone AZO ... 307.14 +5.84 +12.7
15.31 6.01 BkofAm BAC .04 8.39 +.63 -37.1
32.50 18.77 BkNYMel BK .52 20.86 +.65 -30.9
17.49 5.59 BonTon BONT .20 7.24 +.41 -42.8
52.95 31.50 CIGNA CI .04 46.08 +1.22 +25.7
39.50 26.84 CVS Care CVS .50 35.55 +1.21 +2.2
69.82 55.00 CocaCola KO 1.88 69.73 +1.23 +6.0
27.16 16.85 Comcast CMCSA .45 21.24 +.67 -2.9
28.95 21.75 CmtyBkSy CBU .96 25.04 +1.06 -9.8
42.50 17.60 CmtyHlt CYH ... 20.65 +1.26 -44.7
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13.63 4.91 Entercom ETM ... 6.34 +.67 -45.3
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9.84 6.29 FrontierCm FTR .75 7.40 +.18 -23.9
18.71 13.09 Genpact G .18 16.01 +.13 +5.3
13.74 7.28 HarteHnk HHS .32 8.14 +.57 -36.3
55.00 45.52 Heinz HNZ 1.92 52.19 +1.09 +5.5
59.45 45.31 Hershey HSY 1.38 57.92 +.63 +22.8
36.30 29.61 Kraft KFT 1.16 34.57 +.62 +9.7
27.45 18.07 Lowes LOW .56 20.49 +.25 -18.3
95.00 69.23 M&T Bk MTB 2.80 76.83 +2.44 -11.7
90.49 72.14 McDnlds MCD 2.44 90.79 +.86 +18.3
24.98 18.00 NBT Bcp NBTB .80 20.60 +.97 -14.7
10.28 3.66 NexstarB NXST ... 6.57 +.54 +9.7
65.19 42.70 PNC PNC 1.40 49.31 +2.47 -18.8
28.73 24.10 PPL Corp PPL 1.40 28.48 +.68 +8.2
17.72 12.51 PennMill PMIC ... 16.24 +.11 +22.8
17.34 9.26 PenRE PEI .60 10.57 +.54 -27.3
71.89 60.10 PepsiCo PEP 2.06 64.16 +1.00 -1.8
72.74 51.02 PhilipMor PM 2.56 70.50 +1.30 +20.5
67.72 57.56 ProctGam PG 2.10 63.09 +.52 -1.9
67.52 45.34 Prudentl PRU 1.15 50.16 +2.60 -14.6
17.11 10.92 SLM Cp SLM .40 13.86 +.21 +10.1
60.00 32.41 SLM pfB SLMpB 4.63 46.00 ... +5.0
44.65 22.41 SoUnCo SUG .60 42.00 +.12 +74.5
12.45 6.40 Supvalu SVU .35 7.62 +.62 -20.9
56.78 39.56 TJX TJX .76 55.22 +.55 +24.4
33.53 25.81 UGI Corp UGI 1.04 29.28 +.48 -7.3
38.95 29.21 VerizonCm VZ 1.95 36.14 +.38 +1.0
57.90 48.31 WalMart WMT 1.46 53.19 +.29 -1.4
42.20 34.25 WeisMk WMK 1.16 39.50 +1.11 -2.1
34.25 22.58 WellsFargo WFC .48 25.42 +.83 -18.0
USD per British Pound 1.6405 +.0070 +.43% 1.6267 1.5511
Canadian Dollar .9784 -.0067 -.68% .9714 1.0525
USD per Euro 1.4505 +.0021 +.14% 1.3800 1.2731
Japanese Yen 76.95 +.29 +.38% 81.77 85.37
Mexican Peso 12.4340 -.0455 -.37% 12.1029 13.0050
CURRENCY CLOSE PVS. %CH. 6MO. 1YR.
Copper 4.09 4.10 -0.24 -8.69 +19.81
Gold 1788.40 1794.10 -0.32 +26.90 +44.56
Platinum 1825.00 1826.90 -0.10 +0.87 +19.04
Silver 40.54 40.95 -0.99 +19.93 +112.95
Palladium 753.70 756.10 -0.32 -5.51 +51.38
METALS CLOSE PVS. %CH. 6MO. 1YR.
Foreign Exchange & Metals
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NATIONAL FORECAST
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Forecasts, graphs
and data 2011
Weather Central, LP
Yesterday 73/50
Average 78/58
Record High 95 in 1953
Record Low 38 in 1982
Yesterday 0
Month to date 156
Year to date 683
Last year to date 793
Normal year to date 542
*Index of fuel consumption, how far the days
mean temperature was above 65 degrees.
Precipitation
Yesterday 0.00
Month to date 8.03
Normal month to date 2.87
Year to date 38.70
Normal year to date 24.78
Susquehanna Stage Chg. Fld. Stg
Wilkes-Barre 10.04 5.87 22.0
Towanda 9.47 8.86 21.0
Lehigh
Bethlehem 2.86 0.54 16.0
Delaware
Port Jervis 12.33 4.03 18.0
Todays high/
Tonights low
TODAYS SUMMARY
Highs: 77-82. Lows: 54-56. Mostly sunny.
The Poconos
Highs: 78-84. Lows: 59-64. Sunny and dry.
The Jersey Shore
Highs: 77-80. Lows: 51-65. Partly to
mostly sunny.
The Finger Lakes
Highs: 79-86. Lows: 55-65. Sunny skies.
Brandywine Valley
Highs: 80-83. Lows: 57-66. Plenty of sun.
Delmarva/Ocean City
Anchorage 64/45/.00 57/50/c 57/48/r
Atlanta 95/73/.00 93/71/pc 93/69/pc
Baltimore 79/60/.00 85/66/s 86/66/pc
Boston 79/62/.00 81/64/s 82/62/s
Buffalo 73/52/.00 77/65/s 79/65/pc
Charlotte 88/64/.00 87/64/pc 88/66/pc
Chicago 78/59/.00 78/67/pc 81/72/c
Cleveland 75/54/.00 78/65/s 79/66/pc
Dallas 101/80/.02 105/81/pc 104/80/pc
Denver 88/58/.00 90/68/pc 92/68/pc
Detroit 78/57/.00 81/63/s 80/66/pc
Honolulu 86/73/.00 88/73/s 88/74/s
Houston 105/75/.00 101/78/s 98/79/pc
Indianapolis 82/66/.00 82/64/s 85/69/t
Las Vegas 108/85/.00 107/83/s 102/81/s
Los Angeles 74/64/.00 75/63/s 73/63/pc
Miami 88/78/.48 91/80/t 90/81/t
Milwaukee 78/56/.00 77/67/pc 76/69/c
Minneapolis 80/59/.00 79/66/t 81/71/pc
Myrtle Beach 88/72/.00 85/69/pc 86/72/pc
Nashville 90/64/.00 92/68/s 92/72/pc
New Orleans 96/81/.00 96/78/s 94/77/pc
Norfolk 78/73/.00 83/64/pc 84/68/s
Oklahoma City 97/76/.00 106/78/pc 103/76/pc
Omaha 81/62/.00 79/65/t 88/73/pc
Orlando 90/76/.00 94/77/t 93/74/t
Phoenix 111/88/.00 111/88/s 110/87/s
Pittsburgh 81/56/.00 81/57/s 84/62/pc
Portland, Ore. 70/60/.00 72/52/c 70/53/c
St. Louis 86/66/.00 82/68/t 92/73/pc
Salt Lake City 91/65/.00 92/69/pc 93/67/pc
San Antonio 106/82/.00 100/76/pc 98/76/pc
San Diego 76/67/.00 76/65/pc 75/66/pc
San Francisco 68/55/.00 67/55/pc 67/55/pc
Seattle 70/57/.00 66/57/c 68/56/pc
Tampa 89/79/.01 93/77/t 93/75/t
Tucson 106/78/.00 106/77/pc 104/76/t
Washington, DC 80/66/.00 84/64/s 86/65/pc
City Yesterday Today Tomorrow City Yesterday Today Tomorrow
Amsterdam 59/52/.00 62/50/sh 65/50/sh
Baghdad 109/79/.00 107/79/s 110/80/s
Beijing 86/68/.00 88/67/s 92/69/pc
Berlin 66/54/.05 64/52/pc 66/51/pc
Buenos Aires 64/39/.00 61/40/s 57/41/s
Dublin 59/43/.00 63/47/pc 64/49/pc
Frankfurt 68/52/.00 66/48/pc 70/49/pc
Hong Kong 95/86/.00 94/82/t 92/83/t
Jerusalem 86/64/.00 84/65/s 84/64/s
London 64/50/.00 66/51/pc 67/52/pc
Mexico City 73/57/.00 74/57/t 75/59/t
Montreal 72/55/.00 73/57/t 74/54/s
Moscow 81/55/.00 75/57/pc 72/53/sh
Paris 68/50/.00 70/50/s 73/53/pc
Rio de Janeiro 97/70/.00 88/68/s 78/66/sh
Riyadh 108/79/.00 108/80/s 107/79/s
Rome 81/61/.00 85/65/s 85/64/s
San Juan 88/77/.00 88/77/t 89/78/pc
Tokyo 82/73/.00 87/74/pc 85/76/t
Warsaw 73/52/.00 66/51/pc 66/50/pc
City Yesterday Today Tomorrow City Yesterday Today Tomorrow
WORLD CITIES
River Levels, from 12 p.m. yesterday.
Key: s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sn-snow, sf-snowurries, i-ice.
Philadelphia
85/66
Reading
84/57
Scranton
Wilkes-Barre
80/55
80/56
Harrisburg
81/58
Atlantic City
84/62
New York City
83/64
Syracuse
80/60
Pottsville
80/54
Albany
79/58
Binghamton
Towanda
78/54
80/52
State College
78/55
Poughkeepsie
80/56
105/81
78/67
90/68
101/75
79/66
75/63
65/54
84/68
89/56
66/57
83/64
81/63
93/71
91/80
101/78
88/73
61/46
57/50
84/64
Sun and Moon
Sunrise Sunset
Today 6:28a 7:40p
Tomorrow 6:29a 7:38p
Moonrise Moonset
Today 8:20a 8:12p
Tomorrow 9:36a 8:45p
First Full Last New
Sept. 4 Sept. 12 Sept. 20 Sept. 27
This month Ive
measured just
over 12 inches of
rain here in
Luzerne County,
our wettest
August since
1955, when
hurricanes
Connie and
Diane blew
through. With
the hurricane
season expected
to be more
active than nor-
mal, I suppose
our chances
over the next 3
months of get-
ting hit with
another record
rain event from
the tropics is
above average.
Unfortunately, as
man continues
to develop our
lands, increasing
the acreage of
impervious sur-
face, the amount
of runoff that
causes flash
flooding is
increasing. Year
by year the
danger of flood-
ing is getting
worse.
- Tom Clark
NATIONAL FORECAST: The United States will be mostly dry today. High pressure building into the
Northeast and Mid-Atlantic will provide much needed drying conditions. Some scattered showers and
thunderstorms will be possible throughout the coastal Southeast. Isolated showers and thunder-
storms will also be possible over parts of the Great Lakes and northern Mississippi Valley.
Recorded at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Intl Airport
Temperatures
Cooling Degree Days*
Precipitation
TODAY
Mostly sunny, light
wind
WEDNESDAY
Mostly
sunny
82
55
FRIDAY
Partly
sunny
75
60
SATURDAY
Mostly
sunny
80
57
SUNDAY
Showers
possible
75
65
MONDAY
Partly
sunny,
cooler
70
55
THURSDAY
Showers,
partly
sunny
78
60
80
49
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HEALTH S E C T I O N C
THE TIMES LEADER TUESDAY, AUGUST 30, 2011
timesleader.com
Register for lupus walk
The Lupus Foundation will
hold its 2011 Pauls Walk/Lupus
Loop 5K, presented by PNC
Bank, at 11 a.m. on Sept. 25 at
Kirby Park, West Market Street,
Wilkes-Barre.
Registration begins at 9 a.m.
for $25 and includes a long
sleeved T-shirt, awards for run-
ners, free food, bottled water, a
basket raffle, health information
and childrens activities. For
more information, call 888-995-
8787 or visit www.lupus.org.
Brain injury program set
The Acquired Brain Injury
Network of Pennsylvania will
hold its 2011 fall leadership
training program for brain injury
survivors and families from 9
a.m. to 4 p.m. on Oct. 1 at the
John Heinz Institute for Rehabil-
itation, 150 Mundy St., Wilkes-
Barre Township.
Cost is $25 for survivors and
family members or $65 for oth-
ers and includes breakfast,
lunch and dessert. Scholarships
are available for survivors with
special needs; three weeks no-
tice is required.
The program, Unlock The
Door To Recovery, will feature
several presentations and a
panel discussion. For more
information or to register, call
1-800-516-8052 or email in-
fo@abin-pa.org.
Team spots available
The Northeastern Pennsylva-
nia Affiliate for Susan G. Komen
for the Cure and Scranton Run-
ning Company have openings in
the 2011 Race for the Cure
Team Survivor program. The
program is open to breast can-
cer survivors who would like to
train to run in this years Komen
NEPA Race for the Cure, which
is scheduled for Sept. 10 in
Downtown Scranton. The
Scranton Running Company
provides participants with free
running shoes, a Team Survivor
racing T-shirt and a person-
alized running/training pro-
gram with coaching.
This year, The Scranton Run-
ning Company has partnered
with Penn Security Bank to
expand the program to field up
to 50 area breast cancer survi-
vors. For more information or to
sign up, contact R.J. Stiltenpole
at 955-0921 or Dolly Woody at
969-6072.
Candy for a cure
Gertrude Hawk Chocolates
recently introduced its Smid-
gens of Hope campaign in sup-
port of Susan G. Komen for the
Cure and its fight against breast
cancer. The campaign features a
special, limited edition of
Hawks dark chocolate Smidgen
with raspberry filling. The local
company will donate $1 to the
Susan G. Komen for the Cure
Affiliates in Pennsylvania for
every Smidgen of Hope box
sold.
IN BRIEF
Q: Do youhave
any simple strate-
gies to help me eat
less andto feel less
hungry? I eat the
right foods I
just eat too much!
M.A.,
Orlando, Fla.
A: Fromresearchconductedby Dr.
BrianWansink of Cornell University,
what andhowmuchwe eat is influ-
encedby who were eating with,
container/bowl/plate size, colors,
smells, shapes, cupboards andsim-
ple distractions suchas TVor con-
versation.
Inone example, Wansinks re-
searchteamworkedwithtwo groups
of volunteers: one who hadanend-
less bowl of soup, anda second
group who ate froma regular bowl.
Those inthe endless bowl group ate
73 percent more fooduntil they
thought they were full, comparedto
those inthe normal bowl group. This
confirmedWansinks hypothesis that
our eyes are the mainfactor indeter-
mining whenwere full. He calls this
mindless eating. Another example
involvedthe use of freshandstale
popcornindifferent size containers.
Inthis study, Wansink foundthat
those withthe extra-large containers
ate 45 percent more freshpopcorn
thanthose withfreshpopcornin
large containers. Whats evenmore
interesting is that the stale popcorn
eaters who ate fromthe extra-large
containers ate 34 percent more than
those who ate freshpopcornfrom
the large containers. Wansinks re-
searchoffers these additional sug-
gestions to help withportioncontrol:
Use smaller bowls, glasses and
plates; dont eat withthe TVon
(many will not stop eating until what
theyre watching is over); eat fruit
before snacking; eat a hot breakfast;
andeat veggies andsaladfirst. I can
addtwo more suggestions: drink two
glasses of water before eachmeal;
andengage inpleasant, no-stress
conversationwhile eating to create a
distraction.
Q: My husbandhadrobotic sur-
gery for Stage1prostate cancer. He
canhave orgasms, but he does not
have erections. Will that ever
change? My husbandis 60 years old
andIm50.
Anonymous, Philadelphia.
A: It wouldbe helpful for me to
knowwhenyour husbandhadhis
robotic surgery, since sexual side
effects fromrecent surgery often
improve significantly within3 to12
months after robotic prostate remov-
al surgery. Asignificantly lower risk
of permanent impotence is the big-
gest advantage of robotic-assisted
prostate cancer surgery over the
traditional radical prostate cancer
surgery. Still, theres a chance that
impotence will remain.
It may surprise many folks to learn
that a male orgasmcanoccur inde-
pendently of anerection. Even
thoughwe think of themas sequen-
tial andconnectedevents, they
actually are two separate processes.
If time does not improve the sit-
uation, anddrugs like Viagra or
Cialis are ineffective, there are other
treatment options suchas penile
injections, vacuumerectiondevices
or penile implants.
Keep inmindthat after prostate
cancer surgery, evenif erectioncan
be achieved, ejaculationis impos-
sible due to the removal of the semi-
nal vesicles andthe vas deferens.
ASK DR. H
M I T C H E L L H E C H T
Fight the fat
by controlling
food portions
Dr. Mitchell Hecht is a physician spe-
cializing in internal medicine. Send
questions to him at: Ask Dr. H, P.O. Box
767787, Atlanta, GA 30076. Personal
replies are not possible.
Ground turkey could use a good
hug, or one of those spin-
meisters that politicos use
during a personal crisis. In
any event, the recent salm-
onella outbreak that led to
the recall of 36 million
pounds of ground turkey by
Cargill has turned off many
to this healthy protein option.
Take our turkey quiz and see
if itll change your mind.
1. Lets get the safety issues
out of the way, first. If you
hadnt heard this enough
already, to what temperature
should turkey be cooked?
a) 165 degrees
b) 200 degrees
c) 350 degreesa
2. One patty (4 ounces) of
ground turkey contains 193
calories. How many fewer
calories is that than a 3-
ounce ground beef patty?
a) 26
b) 58
c) 1 1 1
3. The 3-ounce ground beef
patty has 19.6 grams of pro-
tein. How many grams does
the ground turkey patty
have?
a) 16.4 grams
b) 19.4 grams
c) 22.4 grams
4. How much more fat does the
ground beef patty have than
the ground turkey patty?
a) 8 grams
b) 1 1 grams
c) 31 grams
5. How many fewer calories
does the Carls Jr. turkey
burger have than the
fast-food chains basic
Big Burger?
a) 32
b) 97
c) 0
ANSWERS: 1: a; 2: b; 3: c; 4:
b; 5: c (both are 490
calories).
From The Times Leader
wire service
N U T R I T I O N Q U I Z Turkey burgers
The spin on arugula
Known as rocket in the U.K., roquette
in France, roka in Turkey and rucola
by Italian immigrants who brought it
to the U.S., this tangy, aromatic green
has fans worldwide.
Best known for its use in salads,
arugulas peppery taste pairs well
with extra virgin olive oil, aged
balsamic vinegar, cheese shavings
and fresh fruit
Also good sauteed with garlic and
olive oil, blended with olive oil, pine
nuts and parmesan for a pesto-like
sauce, tossed on pizza before
baking or added to sandwiches
From the plant family that includes
cabbages, broccoli and cauliflower,
arugula is low in calories, high
in disease-fighting nutrients
Source: NPR Kitchen Window, Local Harvest
Graphic: Pat Carr 2011 MCT
Not just a salad green
Healthy Living
The future of the national
health care system will be dis-
cussed at Misericordia Uni-
versitys Annual Health Care
Lecture Symposium at 7:45
p.m., Sept. 28 in the schools
Sandy and Marlene Insalaco
Hall, Dallas Township.
The free event is open to
health care managers and ex-
ecutives, as well as business
leaders and is being spon-
sored by Misericordia Univer-
sity, Geisinger Health System
and Wyoming Valley Health-
care System.
Keynote speaker Nathan S.
Kaufman will deliver an ad-
dress titled, Getting Your Or-
ganization in Shape for the
2016 Health Care Games: The
Future of Access, Costs and
Integration.
Kaufman is the managing
director and founder of Kauf-
Free lecture speculates health cares future
By STEVEN FONDO
Times Leader correspondent
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What: Getting Your Organization in Shape for the
2016 Health Care Games: The Future of Access, Costs
and Integration.
When: 7:45 a.m. Sept. 28
Where: Sandy and Marlene Insalaco Hall at Miser-
icordia University, Dallas Township.
Cost: Free
How: Space is limited. Register by contacting Theresa
Hollock in the Misericordia University Center for Adult and Continuing
Education at 570-674-6332 or thollock@misericordia.edu.
Speaker: Nathan S. Kaufman, B.S., M.S., managing director of Kauf-
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Skechers, whose Shape-ups have a
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AL-ANON PARENT SUPPORT
GROUP: 7:15 p.m., Nesbitt Med-
ical Center, 562 Wyoming Ave.,
Kingston (ER entrance). Call
603-0541 or (866) 231-2650.
ARTHRITIS LAND EXERCISE:
10:30-1 1:30 a.m., John Heinz
Institute, 150 Mundy St., Wilkes-
Barre Township. Call 826-3738.
BI-POLAR/DEPRESSION SUP-
PORT: for those with bi-polar
disorder or fighting chronic
depression, 6:30 p.m., Communi-
ty Counseling Services board
room, 1 10 S. Pennsylvania Ave.,
Wilkes-Barre. Call 954-9184.
CELEBRATE RECOVERY: 12-
step bible-based recovery pro-
gram for hurts, habits and han-
gups, 6:30 p.m., Cross Creek
Community Church, Carverton
Road, Trucksville. Call Dave at
706-5104.
GASTRIC BYPASS SUPPORT:
5-8 p.m. Dorranceton United
Methodist Church, 549 Wyoming
Ave., Kingston. Call 864-3289.
GENTLE YOGA CLASS FOR
CANCER PATIENTS & OTH-
ERS: 5:30-6:45 p.m., Candys
Place, 190 Welles St., Forty Fort.
Free to cancer patients (doctors
note required for all patients); $5
per class or $30 per month for
all others. Call 714-8800.
NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS:
noon, basement of St. Stanislaus
Church, West Church and Maple
streets, Nanticoke; 6:30 p.m.,
Blessed Sacrament Church, 21 1
E. Main St., Wilkes-Barre; 8-9
p.m., Good Shepherd Lutheran
Church, 190 S. Main St., Wilkes-
Barre; 8 p.m., Nesbitt Medical
Arts Building, 534 Wyoming
Ave., Kingston. Call (866) 935-
4762.
NICOTINE ANONYMOUS: a
fellowship of men and women
helping each other to live free of
nicotine, 6-7 p.m., Salvation
Army, 17 South Pennsylvania
Ave., Wilkes-Barre. Call Joanne
at 829-2169.
OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS:
7-8 p.m., Town Hill Methodist
Church, 417 Town Hill Road,
Shickshinny. Call Barbara at
256-7735 or visit www.oa.org.
SENIORS EXERCISE: Group
strength/stretch exercise and
relaxation classes for adults 55
and older, 10:15 a.m., Thomas P.
Saxton Medical Pavilion, 468
Northampton St., Edwardsville.
Call 552-4550.
SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED
DISEASE CLINIC: for Wilkes-
Barre residents only, 1-4 p.m.,
Kirby Health Center, 71 N. Fran-
klin St., Wilkes-Barre. Call 208-
4268.
TRAUMA SUPPORT: day pro-
gram for female trauma victims,
9 a.m.-3:30 p.m., Nanticoke. Call
Linda OBoyle at 735-7590.
WEIGHT LOSS SUPPORT: Take
Off Pounds Sensibly, weigh-in
5:30-6:15 p.m., meeting to follow,
Exaltation of the Holy Cross
Church, Hanover Township.
Contact Tess at 825-6312.
WEDNESDAY
ABUSE SUPPORT: a communi-
ty support group for victims and
survivors of domestic violence in
the Wilkes-Barre area. 6:30 pm
Childcare is provided. Call 1-800-
424-5600. Services are free and
confidential.
AQUATIC EXERCISE AND
AEROBICS: 3:30-4:30 p.m. and
5:30-6:30 p.m., John Heinz
Institute, 150 Mundy St., Wilkes-
Barre Township. Call 826-3738.
ARTHRITIS AQUATIC PRO-
GRAM: 2:30-3:15 p.m., Greater
Pittston YMCA, 10 N. Main St.,
Pittston. Call 655-2255.
BRAIN INJURY SUPPORT: 7
p.m., John Heinz Institute, board
room, 150 Mundy St., Wilkes-
Barre Township. Call Donna or
Linda, 826-3888.
CO-DEPENDENTS ANONY-
MOUS: 6:30-7:30 p.m., Edwards-
ville Apartment Complex com-
munity room, 9 Beverly Drive,
Edwardsville. Call Nancy, 331-
0235.
EXERCISE CLASS: 10:15-1 1:30
a.m., standing strong chair class,
Candys Place, 190 Welles St.,
Forty Fort. Free to cancer pa-
tients (doctors note required for
all patients); $5 per class or $30
per month for all others. Call
714-8800.
GAMBLERS ANONYMOUS:
7:30 p.m., 333 Broad St., Hazle-
ton. Call Help Line, 829-1341.
IMMUNIZATION CLINIC: 1-4
p.m., Kirby Health Center, 71 N.
Franklin St., Wilkes-Barre. Free
for children ages 6 weeks to 18
years. Must have a current im-
munization record and call 208-
4268 for an appointment.
MEDITATION AND DEEP RE-
LAXATION CLASSES: for all
physical levels. Learn ancient
breathing techniques to enhance
all vital systems in the body and
experience a sense of peace and
deep relaxation; 5:30-6:30 p.m.,
Candys Place, 190 Welles St.,
Forty Fort. Cost is $5 per class or
$30 per month. The first class is
free for everyone. Call 714-8800.
NAR-ANON: support group for
families affected by the disease
of drug addiction; 7 p.m., United
Methodist Church, 175 S. Main
Road, Mountain Top. Call 262-
3793.
NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS: 7
p.m., basement of St. Stanislaus
Church, West Church and Maple
streets, Nanticoke; 8 p.m., Nes-
bitt Medical Arts Building audi-
torium, 534 Wyoming Ave.,
Kingston. Call (866) 935-4762.
OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS:
beginners meeting, 7:30 p.m.,
Dorranceton United Methodist
Church, 549 Wyoming Ave.,
Kingston. Call Diane, 822-6239
or visit www.oa.org.
PET LOSS SUPPORT: 7 p.m., St.
Francis Church Rectory, 13 Chan-
dler St., Miners Mills. Donations
accepted. Call 822-9023 or
457-1625.
SENIORS EXERCISE: group
strength/stretch exercise and
relaxation classes for adults 55
and older, 10:15 a.m., Thomas P.
Saxton Medical Pavilion, 468
Northampton St., Edwardsville.
Call 552-4550.
SUNRISE STRETCH: sponsored
by Area Agency on Aging for
Luzerne and Wyoming Counties,
7:30 a.m., Swallow Street, Pitt-
ston. Call 822-1 158.
WEIGHT LOSS SUPPORT: Take
Off Pounds Sensibly, weigh-in
5:30-5:55 p.m., briefing 6-6:30
p.m., Lehman United Methodist
Church, call 675-1682 between 9
a.m. and 4 p.m.; 6-6:45 p.m.
weigh-in and 7 p.m. meeting,
West Pittston Borough Building;
weigh-in 5:30-6 p.m., 6 p.m.
meeting, Trinity Presbyterian
Church, 105 Irem Road, Dallas,
call 639-5464.
THURSDAY
ADDICTION HELP: Recovery
Through Jesus, 1 1 a.m., Christ
Community Church, 100 West
Dorrance St., Kingston. Call
283-2202.
AL-ANON: 10 a.m., Nebo Baptist
Church, 75 S. Prospect St., Nan-
ticoke; 7 p.m., Brick United Meth-
odist Church, 935 Foote Ave.,
Duryea; 7:30 p.m., Misericordia
University, Mercy Center, 301
Lake St., Dallas Township (first
building on right). Call 603-0541
or (866) 231-2650.
ALATEEN: 7:30 p.m., Miser-
icordia University, Mercy Center,
301 Lake St., Dallas Township.
Call 603-0541.
ALZHEIMERS SUPPORT
GROUP: 10:30 a.m.-noon, Mead-
ows Nursing Center, 55 W. Cen-
ter Hill Road, Dallas. Call 822-
9915 or 675-8600, ext. 195.
GENTLE YOGA CLASS FOR
CANCER PATIENTS AND OTH-
ERS: 5:30-6:45 p.m., Candys
Place, 190 Welles St., Forty Fort.
Free to cancer patients (doctors
note required for all patients); $5
per class or $30 per month for
all others. Call 714-8800.
GRIEF SUPPORT GROUP:
7-8:30 p.m., First Baptist Church,
52 E. 8th St., Wyoming. Facilitat-
ed by the Rev. Jeffrey Klansek,
non-denominational and ele-
ments of spirituality are dis-
cussed. Call Klansek at 552-1391
or 552-4181.
HIV CLINIC: for Wilkes-Barre
residents only, 2-4 p.m., Kirby
Health Center, 71 N. Franklin St.,
Wilkes-Barre. Call 208-4268 for
information.
IMMUNIZATION CLINIC: 9-1 1
a.m., Kirby Health Center, 71 N.
Franklin St., Wilkes-Barre. Free
for children ages 6 weeks to 18
years. Must have a current im-
munization record and call 208-
4268 for an appointment.
NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS:
noon-1 p.m., St. Stephens Episco-
pal Church, 35 S. Franklin St.,
Wilkes-Barre; 8-9:30 p.m., Cen-
tral United Methodist, South
Franklin and Academy streets,
Wilkes-Barre. Call (866) 935-
4762.
OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS:
7-8 p.m., Clearbrook, 1003
Wyoming Ave., Forty Fort. Call
Lori at 814-3051 or visit
www.oa.org.
RECOVERY INC.: support group
for people with anxiety, panic
attacks and depression, 7-9 p.m.,
Dorranceton United Methodist
Church, 549 Wyoming Ave.,
Kingston. Call Peggy at 288-
0266.
SENIORS EXERCISE: group
strength/stretch exercise and
relaxation classes for adults 55
and older, 10:15 a.m., Thomas P.
Saxton Medical Pavilion, 468
Northampton St., Edwardsville.
Call 552-4550.
SUICIDE SURVIVORS: for
family and friends of suicide
victims, 7 p.m., Catholic Social
Services, 33 E. Northampton St.,
Wilkes-Barre. Call 822-71 18, ext.
307.
TRADITIONAL YOGA: 5:30-
6:45 p.m., Candys Place, 190
Welles St., Forty Fort. Cost is $7;
age 60 and older $5. Call 714-
8800.
WEIGHT LOSS SUPPORT: Take
Off Pounds Sensibly, weigh-in
5:15-5:45 p.m., meeting follows,
West Wyoming Municipal Build-
ing, 464 W. Eighth St., call 333-
4930; weigh-in 5:30-6 p.m.,
meeting follows
FRIDAY
AL-ANON: 7 p.m., Nesbitt Med-
ical Center, 562 Wyoming Ave.,
Kingston (front entrance, first
room on right); 7:30 p.m., Trian-
gle 24 Hour Club, Route 415,
Dallas (next to bowling alley).
Call 603-0541 or (866) 231-2650.
ARTHRITIS AQUATIC PRO-
GRAM: 2:30-3:15 p.m., Greater
Pittston YMCA, 10 N. Main St.,
Pittston. Call 655-2255.
ARTHRITIS EXERCISE FOR
CHILDREN: 4-4:45 p.m., John
Heinz Institute, 150 Mundy St.,
Wilkes-Barre Township. Call
826-3738.
ARTHRITIS LAND EXERCISE:
10-1 1 a.m., John Heinz Institute,
150 Mundy St., Wilkes-Barre
Township. Call 826-3738.
EXERCISE CLASS: 10:15-1 1:30
a.m., standing strong chair class,
Candys Place, 190 Welles St.,
Forty Fort. Free to cancer pa-
tients (doctors note required for
all patients); $5 per class or $30
per month for all others. Call
714-8800.
FOOD ADDICTS ANONYMOUS:
8 p.m., St. Vincent de Paul
Church auditorium, 1201 Provi-
dence Road, Scranton. Call Tony
at 344-7866.
NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS:
6:30-8 p.m., Good Shepherd
Lutheran Church, 190 S. Main St.,
Wilkes-Barre. 7 p.m., basement
of St. Stanislaus Church, West
Church and Maple streets, Nanti-
coke. Call (866) 935-4762.
SENIORS EXERCISE: group
strength/stretch exercise and
relaxation classes for adults 55
and older, 10:15 a.m., Thomas P.
Saxton Medical Pavilion, 468
Northampton St., Edwardsville.
Call 552-4550.
WEIGHT-LOSS SUPPORT:
Weigh-in 5:30-6 p.m., meeting
follows, Holy Trinity Lutheran
Church, 813 Wyoming Ave., King-
ston, call 287-8883; 6:30 p.m.,
Edwardsville Borough Building,
Main Street, Edwardsville, call
Pam at 331-2330; weigh-in 6:30-
6:45 p.m., meeting follows,
Harveys Lake Sewer Authority
meeting room, Route 415, call
Shirley, 639-0160.
SATURDAY
AL-ANON: 9 a.m. and 7:30 p.m.,
Clearbrook, 1003 Wyoming Ave.,
Forty Fort. Call 603-0541 or
(866) 231-2650.
CELEBRATE RECOVERY: faith-
based 12-step recovery program,
1 1 a.m., Nebo Baptist Church, 75
Prospect St., Nanticoke. Call Sue
at 735-8109 or Lisa at 472-4508.
NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS: 1 1
a.m. and 7 p.m., basement of St.
Stanislaus Church, West Church
and Maple streets, Nanticoke;
6:30 p.m., St. Stephens Episco-
pal Church, 35 S. Franklin St.,
Wilkes-Barre. Call (866) 935-
4762.
OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS:
10:30 a.m., First Presbyterian
Church, Warren Street and
Exeter Avenue, Exeter. Call Mari-
lyn at 655-2532 or visit
www.oa.org.
SUNDAY
AL-ANON: 7 p.m., Christ United
Presbyterian Church, 105 Lee
Park Ave., Hanover Township; 7
p.m., Prince of Peace Episcopal
Church, Main Street, Dallas; 7:30
p.m., Nebo Baptist Church, 75
Prospect St., Nanticoke. Call
603-0541 or (866) 231-2650.
GAMBLERS ANONYMOUS/
GAM-ANON: both meetings,
5:30 p.m., St. Johns Lutheran
Church, 425 Jefferson Ave.,
Scranton. Call Help Line at 829-
1341.
NAR-ANON: support group for
families affected by the disease
of drug addiction; 7 p.m., Clear-
brook, 1003 Wyoming Ave., Forty
Fort. Call 262-3793.
NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS: 5
p.m., Good Shepherd Lutheran
Church, 190 S. Main St., Wilkes-
Barre; 8 p.m., Harvest Assembly,
340 Carverton Road, Trucksville.
Call (866) 935-4762.
MONDAY
ADDICTION HELP: confidential
one-on-one discussion about
drug and alcohol addiction and
referrals, 7:30 p.m., the Stickney
building, 24 S. Prospect St.,
Nanticoke. Call 762-4009 for an
appointment.
ADDICTION HELP: Recovery
Through Jesus, 7:30 p.m., Christ
Community Church, 100 West
Dorrance St., Kingston. Call
283-2202.
AL-ANON: step meeting and
discussion, 6-8 p.m., Holy Cross
Episcopal Church, 373 N. Main
St., Wilkes-Barre. Call (866)
231-2650.
AQUATIC EXERCISE AND
AEROBICS: 3:30-4:30 p.m.,
John Heinz Institute, 150 Mundy
St., Wilkes-Barre Township. Call
826-3738.
ARTHRITIS AQUATIC PRO-
GRAM: 2:30-3:15 p.m., Greater
Pittston YMCA, 10 N. Main St.,
Pittston. Call 655-2255.
ATTENTION DISORDERS:
Children and Adults with Atten-
tion Deficit Disorders of Luzerne
County support group, 7-9 p.m.,
Luzerne Intermediate Unit,
third-floor parent-teacher room,
Tioga Avenue, Kingston. Call
675-3700.
CANCER SUPPORT: peer-to-
peer groups for patients diag-
nosed six months and longer,
5:30-6:30 p.m., Candys Place,
190 Welles St., Forty Fort. Call
714-8800.
FREE PREGNANCY TESTING:
counseling, education, support
and options on crisis pregnancy,
6-8 p.m., The Hope Center at
Back Mountain Harvest Assemb-
ly. Call 696-1 128 or (866) 219-
2446.
GAMBLERS ANONYMOUS: 8
p.m., Nesbitt Medical Arts Build-
ing auditorium, 534 Wyoming
Ave., Kingston. Call Help Line,
829-1341.
GAM-ANON: for family mem-
bers and friends of compulsive
gamblers, 7:30 p.m., Nesbitt
Medical Arts Building, 534
Wyoming Ave., Kingston. Call
Help Line, 829-1341.
NAMI CONNECTIONS: a con-
sumer support group for people
living with mental illness, 6-7:30
p.m., Suite 6 (second floor),
Thomas C. Thomas building, 100
E. Union Street, Wilkes-Barre. For
information, call 371-3844 or
email wilkes-barre @nami-pa.org.
NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS:
noon, St. Stephens Episcopal
Church, 35 S. Franklin St., Wilkes-
Barre; 7 p.m., Mount Zion Baptist
Church, 105 Hill St., Wilkes-Barre;
7 p.m., basement of St. Stanis-
laus Church, West Church and
Maple streets, Nanticoke. Call
(866) 935-4762.
OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS:
7-8 p.m., Clearbrook, 1003
Wyoming Ave., Forty Fort. Call
Dominick at 819-2320 or visit
www.oa.org.
RECOVERY INC.: support group
for people with anxiety, panic
attacks and depression, 7-9 p.m.,
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church,
Church Street and Wyoming
Avenue, Kingston. Call Peggy at
288-0266.
SENIORS EXERCISE: group
strength/stretch exercise and
relaxation classes for adults 55
and older, 10:15 a.m., Thomas P.
Saxton Medical Pavilion, 468
Northampton St., Edwardsville.
Call 552-4550.
SUNRISE STRETCH: sponsored
by Area Agency on Aging for
Luzerne and Wyoming Counties,
7:30 a.m., Swallow Street, Pitt-
ston. Call 822-1 158.
WEIGHT LOSS SUPPORT: Take
Off Pounds Sensibly, weigh-in
5:30-6 p.m., meeting to follow,
United Methodist Church Social
Hall, Buffalo Street, White
Haven; 6:30-8 p.m., Christ Unit-
ed Methodist Church, 175 S. Main
St., Mountain Top. Call Barbara,
474-9349.
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groups. To have your health-oriented
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Health, Times Leader, 15 N. Main St.,
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Dr. AtomSarkar, functional
neurosurgeon, recently joined
Geisinger Medical Center,
Danville, as director of Ster-
eotactic and Functional Sur-
gery and
director of
the Lab-
oratory of
Nanomed-
icine in the
Department
of Neuro-
surgery. As a
functional
neurosurge-
on, Sarkar focuses on the
treatment of conditions that
adversely affect the central
nervous system. He offers
expertise in neurosurgical
oncology, spinal surgery, func-
tional neurosurgery and deep
brain stimulation surgery for
movement disorders such as
Parkinsons disease, tremor
and dystonia. Sarkar holds a
medical degree and a doctoral
degree in molecular neu-
roscience from the Leonard M.
Miller School of Medicine at
the University of Miami, Fla.
James Siberski, assistant pro-
fessor and coordinator of
gerontological education at
Misericordia University, is one
of the guest lecturers at the
Case Management: Naviga-
ting the Path of Excellence in
Healthcare conference that is
being presented by the Dan-
ville Chapter
of Case
Management
Society of
America on
Sept. 28 at
the Henry
Hood Center
for Health
Research on
the Geisinger Hospital campus,
Danville. Siberskis presenta-
tion, entitled An Update on
Alzheimers Disease, will
cover delirium, dementia and
depression as they relate to
the chronologically older
population as well as assess-
ment issues, such as the Mon-
treal Cognitive Assessment
test.
Dr. Dale Anderson was recently
appointed chief of the Section
of Anesthesiology at Wilkes-
Barre General Hospital and the
Center for
Same Day
Surgery.
Anderson
earned his
undergradu-
ate degree
from the
Penn State
University
and his medical degree from
Temple University School of
Medicine, Philadelphia. He is
board-certified by the Amer-
ican Board of Anesthesiology.
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Seventy percent of kids who
abuse prescription drugs get them
fromfamily and friends, according
to the National Family Partner-
ship, amajor drugpreventionorga-
nization. The No. 1 mistake par-
ents make is thinking it cant hap-
pen to their child, says Peggy
Sapp, president of the partnership.
Some tips:
Recognizetherisk. Whilemar-
ijuana is the drug most commonly
abused by teenagers, prescription
drugs includingpainkillers, am-
phetamines and medication for at-
tentiondeficit disorder are high
on the list. So are over-the-counter
cough medications.
Explain the risk. Make sure
kids know that using prescription
drugs incorrectly can be just as
dangerous and addictive as taking
illegal drugs; many teens think
theyre safer. Start talking early:
the average age of first drug use is
12
1
2 years.
Store drugs safely. A locked
medicine cabinet is ideal. Also do
regular inventories of your supply
to make sure none is missing, as
well as to toss old prescriptions.
Dispose of drugs safely. Look
for take-back events organized
by local drug stores or police de-
partments. If you put medication
inthetrash, mixit withcat litter or
coffee grounds so kids wont dig it
out. To protect waterways, dont
flush pills down the toilet.
Setagoodexample. Takemed-
icines only as directed, and dont
shareprescriptionsbetweenfamily
members. Teach kids that medica-
tions are meant for one person at a
certain dose.
Have family dinners. Ask kids
about the best and worst parts of
their day. Childrenwholearntoex-
press their emotions and solve
their problems are less likely to
turn to drugs.
Get to know your childs
friends. Takethetimetomeet their
parents, too. Theycanhelpprotect
your kids and notice symptoms
such as dramatic personality
changes, loss of appetite or blood-
shot eyes.
Collect information. Go to
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How to guard medicine in your home
By ALISON JOHNSON
Daily Press (Newport News, Va.)
Backpack. Notebooks. Whoop-
ingcoughshot?
If you havent worried about
back-to-school shots since your
tweenor teenwas enteringkinder-
garten, better put vaccines on the
to-dolist.
Older kids need a few new im-
munizations starting at age 11, in-
cluding a shot to guard against the
worrisome resurgence of whoop-
ing cough. And for the first time
thisyear,16-year-oldsaresupposed
togetaboostershot, too, forascary
type of meningitis.
Many slip through the cracks.
One reason: Schools dont require
adolescentstocomplywithalist of
national vaccine recommenda-
tions like they dokindergarteners.
Another reason: Kids this age
go to the doctor much less, says
Dr. Melinda Wharton of the Cen-
ters for Disease Control and Pre-
vention, whohadtoscrambletoget
her own daughter that meningitis
shot before she headedtocollege.
Thiswholeback-to-school push
is a good time for parents to think
about their kids in terms of what
vaccines are recommended.
But when it comes to whooping
cough, a growingnumber of states
are requiring updated shots as stu-
dents enter middle school and be-
yond. Asidefromanannual fluvac-
cine, herearefederal recommenda-
tions for preteens andteens:
A Tdap shot between ages 11
and12. It protects against tetanus,
diphtheriaandpertussisorwhoop-
ingcoughandthelatteriskeyas
the cough thats so strong it can
breaka ribis onthe rise.
Young children get vaccinated
before kindergarten but that pro-
tectionwearsoff, andpertussisout-
breaks in middle or high school no
longer are rare. While older kids
usually recover, whooping cough
can cause weeks of misery and
worse, they can easily spread the
bacterial infection to not-yet-vacci-
natedinfants, whocandie.
Afirstdoseof whatscalledme-
ningococcal conjugate vaccine be-
tweenages11and12, withabooster
dose at16.
This fast-moving bacteria can
cause meningitis or a bloodstream
infection. Itsfortunatelyrare, caus-
ing fewer than 2,000 cases a year.
But it can be so aggressive that
someone can feel fine one day and
bedeadthenextanditsmaintar-
gets are adolescents and college
freshmen. Why? Thats not clear,
but about 10 percent of the popula-
tioncarries thegermharmlesslyin
their noses and throats. Carriers
tendtospreadit by coughing, kiss-
ing and sharing drinking glasses,
especially in crowded conditions
like dormitories.
Infection initially mimics a stom-
achbug, withfeverandvomiting. Up
to15 percent of patients die. One in
fivesurvivors suffers permanent dis-
abilities including brain damage,
deafness or amputatedlimbs.
CDCs statistics show that 54
percent of 13- to 17-year-olds had
gottenvaccinatedby 2009. But the
booster dose is new advice sci-
entists only recently learned that
that first dose wears off after five
years. Soif yourchilddidntgetvac-
cinated until, say, 13 and nowis 18
and heading for college, Wharton
says dont forget the booster.
Finally for girls ages 11 to 12,
theres the HPVvaccine for strains
of human papillomavirus that can
causecervical cancer. Theideaisto
start the three doses needed early
enough to be fully vaccinated well
beforethegirl becomessexuallyac-
tive. But in2009, only27percent of
girls ages 13 to 17 had gotten all
three doses.
We were very disappointed in
those numbers, Whartonsays.
Avaccineversionissoldfor boys
to prevent HPV-caused genital
warts, althoughCDChasntyetrec-
ommendedits routine use.
Whartons final advice: Adoles-
cence is a goodtime tocatchupon
any shots that were recommended
after your child started kindergar-
ten and thus missed, like the sec-
ond dose of chickenpox vaccine
that became routine for the 5-year-
oldset just a fewyears ago.
Back-to-school can mean vaccines for tweens, teens
By LAURAN NEERGAARD
AP Medical Writer
AP PHOTO
Victor Zamora,
right, gets his
Tdap shot from
pediatric nurse
practitioner
Jenny Lu,
right, in Tustin,
Calif. Back-
pack. Note-
books. Whoop-
ing cough
shot? Put
vaccines on
the to-do list.
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